Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2014
Posts (13)
Why we love talking about the Weather app
What's made the BBC's weather app its most regularly used - with almost nine million downloads so far? Three factors have been critical to its success.
The future is video, but not on TV
On YouTube, the ‘copy-and-paste’ style of video isn’t ideal for a compelling video or audience experience
How to make a video succeed on YouTube
How can you increase the chances of your video being watched? Here are a five key issues you need to consider.
Keeping safe when reporting ebola
Reporting on ebola requires extensive precautions and awareness of levels of risks at all stages of the assignment
Ben Bradlee: Don't give up on newspapers
Ben Bradlee was interviewed for the College of Journalism in 2009. He showed unfailing enthusiasm for the press - and its future
Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ tour comes to London
Google has taken on a quasi-judicial role in processing 150,000 requests so far from people wanting to stop its search results referring to 500,000 websites.
Learning in the digital age: A new idea for curated content
A London-based tech startup, Bibblio, plans to enter the online learning market by replacing algorithms with human curators
The smartphone revolution and why training matters
Mark Wray, head of the BBC College of Journalism, explains why it's necessary to train journalists to use smartphones properly if you want to get the best quality stills, audio and video for broadcast media.
“Cheeriness and smiles - then long waits”: Young people’s experiences of working with the media
A group of young Scottish voters got first-hand experience of the media thanks to a BBC project. So what were their impressions of the media world?
What price democracy? Almost a tenner, since you ask
The BBC's editor of political research has been digging in official publications to answer the question 'how much do by-elections cost?'
