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Tag Archives: BBC
Feb 7 2014
Transparency: The Polis Journalism Conference March 28th 2014
3 CommentsWe’ve just released the names of confirmed speakers for our annual journalism conference taking place on Friday March 28th. (See list below). Registration for free tickets is available here. Our conference in 2013 on ‘Trust in Journalism’ was a great success … Continue reading
Posted by: February 7, 2014
Tagged with: BBC, EBU, events, journalism conference, LSE
Jan 8 2014
The Future of the BBC – my submission to the DCMS Select Committee for Charter Renewal
Leave a commentThis is my personal submission to the House of Commons Department of Culture, Media and Sports’ Select Committee inquiry into the future of the BBC in the lead up to BBC Charter Renewal in 2016. It draws partly on my … Continue reading
Posted by: January 8, 2014
Tagged with: BBC, broadcasting, competition, diversity, funding, Future, global, International, international news, licence fee, management, media markets, plurality, public service, subscription, world news
Dec 11 2013
10 things (so far) that organisations say when they are criticised by journalists and don’t want to deal with the issues raised
10 CommentsThe BBC Panorama on charities was not a devastating deconstruction of the sector. It showed that a few (big name) charities are not entirely as ethical as they pretend; that they tend to be rather generous to departing staff (something … Continue reading
Posted by: December 11, 2013
Tagged with: accountability, BBC, Charities, NGOs, panorama
Oct 28 2013
From TV to tablets – how the BBC’s onscreen journalism is changing
Leave a comment“I used to say what I did and people would understand. Now people say, ‘what’s that?’” said Amanda Farnsworth, editor of visual journalism at the BBC, during the latest Polis Media Agenda Talk. This article by Polis intern Emma Goodman @EmmaMayAlex … Continue reading
Posted by: October 28, 2013
Tagged with: BBC, events, guest blog, guest blogs, Journalism, Lectures, Media Agenda Talks, News, tablets, talks, TV
Oct 25 2013
Lessons from the ‘fabricated’ 3d Printer Gun Story
Leave a commentThe ‘fabricated’ 3D printer gun story is a parable of the good and bad of contemporary journalism. Some of the issues it raises are timeless. We all make mistakes. Journalism is by its nature imperfect. But what matters is admitting … Continue reading
Posted by: October 25, 2013
Tagged with: BBC, corrections, GMP, Journalism, mistakes, police, reporting, verification
Oct 24 2013
What Is Visual Journalism?
Leave a commentWhat IS Visual Journalism? It isn’t just television of course. But it’s not only online pie charts and graphs and representations of data. Visual journalism is about using technology to make news more interactive, more exciting and creative, and make … Continue reading
Posted by: October 24, 2013
Tagged with: Amanda Farnsworth, BBC, broadcast, broadcasting, Data, digital, graphics, guest blogs, interactive, Journalism, Media Agenda Talks, News, skills, television, TV, visual journalism
Oct 8 2013
Tony Hall’s Joined Up BBC
Leave a commentIn the words of Baldrick, BBC DG Tony Hall has a ‘cunning plan’. But unlike Blackadder’s scrofulous sidekick, his one might work. Hall’s keynote speech about the BBC’s future had an audience of external media folk, but it’s main impact … Continue reading
Posted by: October 8, 2013
Tagged with: BBC, Future, Tony Hall
Aug 22 2013
From fee to mutual? What kind of BBC do you want to emerge from Charter Renewal?
1 CommentIf the BBC is such great value then why do we have to take 180,000 people to court every year to make them pay for it? In answering that question we soon get into a discussion about how public service … Continue reading
Posted by: August 22, 2013
Tagged with: BBC, BBC Charter, commercial, competition, creative industries, governance, innovation, Media economics, Media Policy, media politics, plurality, public service, Public Service Broadcasting, Public Service Media, Regulation
May 16 2013
Guardian’s Katz to BBC Newsnight: the significance of a small splash in the London media pond
Leave a commentIn the general scheme of things the move of the deputy editor of a small circulation quality broadsheet to the post of editor of a niche BBC news programme is not seismic. Even in the relatively small pond of London … Continue reading
Posted by: May 16, 2013
Tagged with: BBC, Guardian, Ian Katz
Apr 19 2013
Boston: just another day in the news revolution?
6 CommentsWhat does the Boston bombing tell us about how news is changing? This post was written while it was happening, so it’s a first draft and I welcome further thoughts and feedback. It was an exceptional story but I think … Continue reading
Posted by: April 19, 2013
Tagged with: 24/7, agencies, AP, BBC, bombing, boston, boston bombing, breaking news, channel4news, live blogging, live blogs, marathon, New York Daily Post, News, reditt, rolling news, twitter, watertown
