Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2013
Posts (18)
College of Journalism launches four more international language websites
At the core of each new website is language: how to ensure impartial and accurate language and the all-important art of translation.
Why smartphone saturation in the Middle East matters
In parts of the Middle East three in four people now have smartphones. This presents some interesting opportunities for content creators and citizen journalism.
Focus iPhone, record and send - instant video hit from storm-lashed Sardinia
The day before I’d been in the BBC Brussels bureau listening to advice from College of Journalism trainer Marc Settle on how to get the best out of your iPhone. So it was all fresh in my mind.
Is reporting Syria now an impossible assignment?
Alongside the growing strength of Islamist groups, kidnapping has replaced bombs and bullets as the primary threat. Some are now asking whether reporting from inside Syria is becoming an impossible job.
User-testing web design was just what Doctor Who ordered
To mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the BBC visual journalism team was asked to design a feature for BBC News telling the history of the show in an innovative way.
Trauma in journalism: What every freelancer at risk needs to know
It is important to know when psychological stress risks becoming overwhelming and how to ratchet down that pressure. And news organisations need to offer more training, mentoring and support.
Telling Sophie Hayes trafficking story: A slow building of trust
I discussed with Sophie in depth how her story could be portrayed on radio. I drafted a storyboard of how the piece would unfold so she understood the procedure. I wanted Sophie's voice to stand alone.
Impartiality in practice and the duty to say it straight
Journalists must not only write well and clearly, they must spot and avoid all those pitfalls of language that lie in wait for everyone.
Journalists feast on ‘food bank’ stories - some get indigestion
In the early 2000s the term ‘food bank’ was used in stories about asylum seekers or poverty in the US. By 2011 local news outlets from Glasgow to Gloucester were reporting the food bank on their doorstep.
Telling the typhoon story from a tent pitched on the moon
Covering Typhoon Haiyan and its aftermath has challenged news teams in practical, personal and professional ways. Andrew Roy gives a snapshot of the challenges BBC journalists have faced in the Philippines this week.
