Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2013
Posts (15)
Almost like Watergate: new era for investigative journalism
Journalists from 40 countries were in Brazil to talk corruption and fraud, leaks and collaboration at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference.
SocialMediaWhatsTrending – the old barriers are down
This conference was a tale of redefining the roles of the journalist, the media and the audience. And maybe even of social media itself.
SocialMediaWhatsTrending - journalism’s brave new world?
Instead of informing and entertaining its audience, the BBC will, to an extent, invite them to inform and educate each other.
Testifying against Mladic ‘the right thing to do’ - Jeremy Bowen
Bearing witness to war crimes is an extension of the duty journalists have to create a record, says the veteran BBC war correspondent.
Great storytelling with just two interviews
At 5.45 on Thursday last week, Eddie Mair introduced an item on PM like this: It is one of the hazards of being a baby:
Online abuse is a danger for many female journalists
The abuse faced by Caroline Criado Perez became a huge talking point over the summer of 2013. She was the campaigner who had founded The Women’s Room and led a highly successful social media campaign to have a woman represented on UK bank notes.
Russian protests at TV teddy’s lie-down strike
One of the best-loved programmes for children in Russia has come under fire from opposition activists after allegedly parodying the anti-Kremlin protest movement.
Public broadcaster battles legal threat against using Twitter and Facebook
In Austria the public broadcaster, ORF, was until recently banned by law from using Facebook and Twitter. Based on a revision of Austrian media law in 2010, the prohibition has now been the subject of political debate and lawsuits for almost two years.
Why Michael Buerk’s 1984 famine report from Ethiopia entered media history
Next year is the 13th anniversary of the famous BBC report from Ethiopia in which Michael Buerk talked about a “biblical famine”. The images of Mohammed Amin, together with powerful words, produced one of the most famous television reports of the late 20th Century.
Student Innovation Award judges announced
We are delighted to announce a stellar panel of judges for our Student Innovation Award.
