Blog posts by year and monthJune 2015
Posts (12)
Reporting the Scottish referendum v UK election - you win some, you lose some
Our referendum project had an amazing reception, winning more than 300,000 views and the Hugh Cudlipp award. Our general election coverage failed to get a reaction.
What Orwell can still teach journalists about saying exactly what they mean
To bear witness to the great failings of power was essential, George Orwell said, but the journalist’s responsibility also demanded the most clear and compelling record-keeping.
Baku’s European Games: Social media stand-off with uncertain future
Azerbaijan’s restricted media have pushed debate onto social media especially around the European Games
How can policy makers support hyperlocal media?
Hyperlocal sites could be helped by a number of initiatives from both business and government.
Mind the Gap: BBC news for increasingly disparate audiences
The Director of BBC News discusses the increasing divide between the ways in which people of different ages and incomes consume the news.
Finding the news: Mobile and social revolution gathers pace
Across all platforms, fewer people are accessing the front page of a news website - more people are going directly to stories via search or social media.
How to commission a poll
Here are some key questions to ask yourself - before you ask people to ask other people your polling questions.
Alex Crawford: ‘Send the right teams, don’t stop doing front line journalism’
Sky News’s special correspondent Alex Crawford has just received the Charles Wheeler award for outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. We ask her about the risks and rewards of the job.
Pimp my iPad: An interactive documentary experiment
How do you make an interactive video on an iPad? Charles Miller finds out.
A stripped down telling of some of the world’s toughest stories
Cartoon characters and comic strip art are being used to make complex and emotional global stories accessible.
