Blog posts by year and monthNovember 2014
Posts (10)
How to tell a story on film: An experiment in ‘blended learning’
This self-contained, bite-size video highlights the key learning points of TV news sequencing and was intended to reinforce earlier classroom-based training.
The boom in tech journalism - and its complex relationship with PR
With more news of technology in the headlines, tech journalists are having a good run. But how do they work with the tech PR people?
Call that a story? No, it’s content marketing
There's work for writers and film-makers from content marketers like London-based tech start-up Quill. But is their output really journalism? We meet the CEO to find out.
A smartphone, a good story and a social media plan: #BBCSyriaWar
Mark Frankel went to Beirut to report using only an iPhone, microphone and laptop - as an experiment in new ways of gathering content and using social media
How we discovered the truth about YouTube’s Syrian ‘hero boy’ video
The video provides yet another salutary lesson for all news organisations about the need to keep a cool head and not run something ‘because it’s out there’
Should news editors consider the impartiality of ‘image bites’?
Ahead of next year's general election, academic Stephen Cushion looks at how political imagery may become the focus of an impartiality debate.
Are ratings driving Russian TV propaganda on Ukraine?
Russian news bulletins have enjoyed a boost to ratings since the Ukraine conflict began. A former Kremlin spin doctor warns of "ultra-propaganda" in television coverage of the conflict, and that the needs of TV are even influencing government policy.
Why any pollster would be a fool to call the general election now
Pollster Ben Page delves into electoral history to show that almost every outcome you can imagine for next year's general election will break some kind of record or set a new precedent.
Finding Ken Brown and his photos of the Virgin Galactic crash
Alex Murray explains how he found pictures of the Virgin Galactic accident using Twitter, charm and journalistic intelligence.
UN marks ‘deadliest decade’ for journalist deaths
Shocking numbers of journalists have been killed while working. Where once a press badge offered protection, today it can all too often make the holder a target.
