Blog posts by year and monthAugust 2013
Posts (13)
Quadcopter is Russian activists' new anti-corruption weapon
Russian anti-corruption campaigners have a new weapon in their struggle to cast a light on the vast fortunes amassed by government officials: the quadcopter.
Is the BBC getting caught in the transatlantic drift?
The BBC may be an international broadcaster - and indeed communicates in many languages through the World Service - but its use of English is among the things most likely to generate audience discontent.
Reporting transgender issues
When an individual in the public eye announces they are transgender, how should journalists report on them accurately and respectfully?
Back to the future: A tale of journalistic enterprise
I left the Exeter Express and Echo in 2011 and immediately joined the dark side, establishing a marketing and PR company.
Green shoots in the killing fields of local journalism?
Sir Ray Kindle is a very unlikely pioneer. He is 87 and set up the Tindle Newspaper Group (starting with one paper) with his £300 pay-off from the Army six decades ago. Today that paper is thriving - so too is his local newspaper empire
A chance for journalists to study in the States
The Fulbright Commission funds an annual award in memory of Alistair Cooke that gives promising journalists a chance to study journalism at masters level.
Newsnight takes audience on virtual ride
Our compact crew were travelling by bike on a four-day shoot from The Hague to London. Our mission was to see if the UK was moving towards a Dutch-style cycling revolution.
Journalism innovation: try the 100% solution
In a time of contraction in the news industry, and of diminished expectations in the workaday world of professional journalism, we need counter-cyclical measures that broaden our ambitions.
College of Journalism website relaunches
Welcome to the new College of Journalism website. For the first time we have brought together our content and the wealth of material from our sister colleges.
BBC report helps Pakistan media talk openly about MQM
A BBC report about Altaf Hussain, the London-based leader of a Pakistani political party, seems to have emboldened the Pakistani media to talk about the party more openly.
