Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2015
Posts (13)
How you knew your place in the BBC in the days of Television Centre
The reconstruction of the BBC's Television Centre is a reminder of times past, when BBC had rules about everything - including how much carpet was allowed in each office.
Filming at home with Wayne Rooney: The story behind the doc
The director of an access documentary celebrating Wayne Rooney's breaking the England goal-scoring record reveals what went on behind the scenes as the programme was being made.
Information security: You are the weakest link
Underground car parks, blurred faces and courtroom arguments: this is the picture of source protection we are used to. It needs to change.
Investigative journalism with bite: How The Ferret was set running
The Ferret is Scotland’s first online investigative journalism platform. It’s taken some time to emerge from its burrow and get to work. So what prompted it?
What you need for a career in digital journalism: All the old skills and lots of new ones too
A panel of experts discussed what skills and qualifications are needed by someone starting a career in journalism. The answers were many and varied, including all the traditional skills and plenty of new ones too.
Reporting from North Korea: push the boundaries, keep your eyes open, do what you can
Stephen Evans made a rare reporting trip into North Korea as the country marks the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party.
Undercover in Syria: How Sue Lloyd-Roberts became a student of Byzantium
We learnt with sadness this week of the death of our colleague Sue Lloyd-Roberts. This is a post Sue wrote for this blog in 2011 about the techniques she used in her extraordinary determination to gain entry to places denied to journalists, on this occasion for an undercover Newsnight film
New online formats: What I learnt from my audience
BBC Taster is an experimental project that lets producers try new formats and asks the audience for feedback on each one. Here's what the audience told one producer about his work.
Italian coverage of ‘migrant crisis’ marred by negative language
Coverage of the new waves of people arriving into Italy, by sea or via the Balkan route, has exposed a lack of preparation by much of the country’s media.
Making great online video: Don’t imitate TV
A new generation of online video providers has discovered that what works online is different from what works on television. So what guidelines can we offer video makers to ensure their work is noticed by an online audience?
