Blog posts by year and monthApril 2015
Posts (7)
Hardly a general election at all, it’s such a particular one
Election discussions from the Polis Conference, Vote 2015! Journalism and Elections - featuring Adam Boulton, Andrew Marr and other speakers.
Web searching and the art of asking the right questions
Here are some strategic tips and tools for digitising three of the most asked questions in journalism: who, where and when?
Cyber security for journalists: How to keep your browsing private
You can stop criminals and corporations following you on the web by tweaking your settings; you can mask where you go by using a virtual private network.
Podcasting on the rise… and why it’s the starting that counts
After more than a decade - or far longer if you consider ham radio to be the true origin of the medium - podcasting is at last having its moment in the sun.
Top 10 questions about hung parliaments
In a close-run election like this one, no single party may win an overall majority, in which case there would be a 'hung parliament'. Robert Hazell offers some FAQs on what would happen next.
How BBC Sport played a blinder to grow Facebook referrals by a whopping 6,000%
Through the more effective use of our social media team, careful use of analytics, but with no extra resources, BBC Sport has seen a dramatic increase in engagement and social media referrals.
BBC v BuzzFeed - which platform will win the election?
The question of whether the BBC or BuzzFeed will win the media election could symbolise the battle between the new and the traditional newspapers and broadcasters and the new kids on the block.
