Blog posts by year and monthDecember 2014
Posts (10)
Being comfortable with digital isn’t a generational issue - it’s an attitudinal one
It's time we stopped making jokes about older people being incapable of dealing with technology - because it's not funny and it's not true
Is it true about Final Cut X? My three-day conversion
Final Cut X is the most controversial version of Apple's video editing software, launched to cries of horror from existing users. How much does it still deserve its initial reputation?
BBC Academy’s Arabic website is ‘number-one training site in Middle East’
The BBC Academy's 15 journalism training websites in foreign languages have received some excellent feedback from round the world.
How I got Heathrow shots from my mobile on to the Ten, thanks to iPhone training
Ed Campbell used the BBC's iPhone app for newsgathering at Heathrow to feed shots back for the evening news
An experiment in remote learning: If it’s fun, it works
A session about coding for BBC staff was also a chance to test ways to facilitate remote learning using the Lync system
WhatsApp, WeChat or Snapchat? A dummies’ guide to the new messaging apps
If you're behind the curve on the new messaging apps, here's a chance to find answers to the dumb questions it's already too late to ask in polite company.
Hour of Code: The challenges of training BBC staff worldwide in a single day
The Hour of Code training sessions today give BBC staff a chance to be at the heart of a major BBC initiative for 2015: Make it Digital.
Not every story needs a 'social media makeover'
The challenge is to stop thinking of social media fitting around our existing commitments and recognise that it affords fresh insights and a more immediate relationship with our audience
New Russian TV ad law sees indie joke about becoming a shopping channel
Independent Russian media are subject to increasing restrictions. Here's how one TV station warns about a ban on pay TV taking ads
Investigative journalism in Asia faces many challenges, from the technological to the political
College of Journalism trainer Paul Myers reports from Asia’s first investigative journalism conference in Manila
