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How we built a new tool for journalists in 12 hours
Tech-minded journalists met journalism-minded techies at City University London for a BBC-sponsored hackathon. The participants were challenged to develop a digital product for news.
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What’s the word for God in Bengali? A journalist’s linguistic balancing act
Bengali is one language with many variations that present BBC Bangla journalists with some hard choices. A BBC Academy website in Bengali aims to curate and update some of the linguistic sensitivities.
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Sharing knowledge: how Hausa got its hooks
Most journalists can assume that when they are at a computer, they will be able to find keys for each of the letters in their language, together with keystrokes that produce any accents required.
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Snow business: heading into a story?
Looking at the cracking pictures Andy had got, we knew we had all the elements for a good report. Especially his shots of a young woman, covered in snow, walking home down a country lane after her car had broken down.
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Let's see a more rounded picture of MPs and others in authority
The details of some expenses claims by MPs were truly shocking and deserved to be probed and reported.
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Transgender issues in the media: ‘Improving picture, still a way to go’
In a 2010 survey 70% of transgender people found media representations of people like them to be overwhelmingly negative. Five years later the picture has changed.
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Turning experts into journalists: Two years of The Conversation
The Conversation is an online news and comment service written by academics with the help of a professional team of journalist editors. Two years after its UK launch, its editor reports on progress.
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Journalists in danger: Threats, torture and censorship in Pakistan
Ahead of a major London conference on the safety of journalists, BBC regional editor Aamer Ahmed Khan assesses the specific threats to journalists in Pakistan.
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Israelis talk to Iranians on live BBC Persian TV special
Putting Israelis and Iranians together on a live television show feels just as frightening as it is exciting.
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Komla Dumor’s legacy to journalism was to make Africa ‘like anywhere else’
The Africa of Komla Dumor was a continent where the bad, the ugly and brutal happens but also a continent with a bright future and strong economic prospects.
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LBC could be the winner after Clegg's 'chipper, unexciting' debut
Rather than Incredible Hulk, the recent irritable appearances by the Deputy Prime Minister have been more Incredible Sulk.
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UKIP’s new friends? Part 2: A guide to the anti-establishment parties in the new European Parliament
UKIP is the biggest of a number of anti-establishment parties elected to the European parliament. This guide gives the background on the others, from France, Italy and elsewhere
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Citizen journalists report for the price of a text
Mobile phones offer an affordable, accessible channel for dialogue and connect people even in areas with few resources.
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Reporting technology: Resist the PR machine, grab your slice of gadget heaven
As a technology reporter I feel it’s my duty to try out as many gadgets as possible. It’s great fun too of course but it’s only about 10% of the job.
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Ukrainian TV’s partisan coverage of conflict belies its bold new journalism
In their coverage of the conflict in Ukraine’s turbulent east, the country’s major television channels are like a choir in which no performer sings out of tune.
