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Martin Turner
is Head of Operations, Newsgathering, BBC News.
Blog posts in total 2
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Harnessing the power of new technology in newsgathering
The BBC is replacing the cameras used by its news crews with tapeless cameras. It's beginning to replace corporate laptops with off-the-shelf machines. And it's starting to use smartphones as newsgathering tools. Should anyone give a damn? Well, no. Not unless all this helps to change the j...
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The truth about the BBC's iPhone broadcasting plans
I had been standing on the roof of a hotel in Luanda, Angola, for two hours. In the middle of the night. In a tropical downpour. I had a fantastic radio package: full of elegant edits, telling interviews and atmospheric actuality. But I also had a satphone that refused to connect to London no ...