Archives for “bbc”

James Reynolds near Tiananmen Square

If you didn't vote in today's European and council elections, you should watch this. This is how a country without a democracy operates.

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 2:48 pm.

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Nothing like a bit of passion

I love this. Who wins? I'm not sure.

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 9:42 am.

Filed under Multimedia, The BBC, , , , .

Cuttings: Social media money, Project Canvas, Al-Jazeera brilliance and brandjackers ahoy

Number one sign you've been doing this journalism malarky for a while is that you don't post "LOOK AT ME!!" posts every time something is ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, March 9, 2009 at 1:46 pm.

Filed under My Work, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, , , , .

Is the BBC reporting on Twitter too much?

In the last six months, thanks to a certain Stephen Fry, Twitter has catapulted from being a past-time restricted to, mainly, geeks and journalists into ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 11:00 am.

Filed under Blogs, Comment, My Work, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, , , , , .

When webcams go bad: Priceless abuse of BBC Nottingham

Major props to @paul_fernley for spotting this gem: (click to enlarge if you need to!) In other news, Paul also mentions that today marks the relaunch of ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, February 2, 2009 at 9:25 am.

Filed under Regional, The BBC, The Web, main, , , , , .

BBC iPlayer Desktop now out for Mac and Linux

The latest version of BBC iPlayer Desktop has just been released. Maybe that'll finally get Mac and Linux users off my back ;-) Click here to ...

5 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm.

Filed under TV, The BBC, The Web, , , , .

BBC iPlayer Day — a lesson learned

Last Friday was iPlayer Day, an event on the BBC Internet Blog organised by myself, Nick Reynolds and Jonathan Richardson. It was my first major contribution ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 5:39 pm.

Filed under Blogs, General, Multimedia, My Work, Social Networking, TV, The BBC, The Web, , , .

Snapshot of my day

Proof that I actually do some work in the real world, here I am looking positively youthful at an open lunch debate at the BBC ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 11:55 am.

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Regionals must abandon ‘one size fits all’ attitude to online

My last post about the local press was a bit of a rant. Anyone can do that. It takes a better mind to offer some ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 3:05 pm.

Filed under Regional, The Future, The Web, , , , .

Regionals given a lifeline. It’s up to them to use it

Today the BBC Trust pulled an absolutely stinking howler. With its decision to prevent the BBC from improving local journalism, the only people who are ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:40 am.

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Hypocritical BBC viewers must be stopped

Quite often I find myself getting very irate with BBC viewers. Charlie Brooker summed it up beautifully last night when he said that there needs ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 4:43 pm.

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BBC Election night: Where it went wrong

Election night was great, wasn’t it? I managed to keep up ‘til about 3am, when Ohio officially came in. My choice of coverage was the BBC. ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 12:45 am.

Filed under Blogs, New Zealand, Newspapers, Social Networking, TV, The BBC, The Web, , , , , , , , , , , , , .

US Election online watcher’s guide

NOTE: This page will be updating regularly from now until God-knows-when. Send me your suggestions here or leave a comment on this post. Exciting times, folks. ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 11:33 am.

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My new job at the BBC (and what it means)

Today I spent my first day with the BBC Future Media and Technology team. From 4th November I will be co-editor of the BBC Internet ...

15 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 2:26 am.

Filed under Blogs, My Work, Social Networking, The BBC, The Future, The Web, , , , .

What do you call a man hiding in a bush? Russell.

Poor Russell Brand. Or perhaps not. I often say that people are quick to tread on Russell Brand because they don't like him. And that dislike ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 11:04 pm.

Filed under The BBC, , , , .

Regionals should get their houses in order before trying to stop others

I don't think it's fair that some of the local press is getting in a strop with Sir Michael Lyon's plans for better regional BBC ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:35 pm.

Filed under Blogs, Debate, Multimedia, New Zealand, Newspapers, Social Networking, Sport, The BBC, The Future, The Web, , , , , , , , , , , .

BBC triumphs with social media covering Obama/McCain debate

You know what, I think they've cracked it. Last night, I had just returned home from another cracking Journobiz drinks night, and was just in time ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 4:12 pm.

Filed under Social Networking, The BBC, The Web, , , , , , , , , , , , , .

How should we be using Twitter?

Twitter. For months we weren't sure whether it was useful or not, but it seems journalists have come to accept that it is very handy ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 12:42 am.

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Excuse me, Peter Horrocks, but that’s a lie

Yesterday's shocking events in Finland brought the debate about media censorship to the fore once again. Peter Horrocks, head of the BBC newsroom, has gone on ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 6:17 pm.

Filed under Blogs, Ethics, TV, The BBC, , , , , .

Labour conference across the web

We often see breaking news coming into its own on the internet -- there is no better place for it -- but sometimes it's good ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 3:54 pm.

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UPDATE: Russia goes to war. Important? Not if you ask the BBC

(more edits further down: get scrolling) Russia has attacked Georgia. They are fighting RIGHT NOW. It's David vs Goliath, and Georgia has requested for US help ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, August 8, 2008 at 3:42 pm.

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The earthquake video finally reaches the BBC

The earthquake video took off like I could never have imagined. I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed that my 'break' (if it ends up ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 8:05 pm.

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Give all journalists their own ‘20 per cent time’

Ever since I first heard about the concept I've been intrigued by '20 per cent time'. It's an initiative spawned by Google, who urge all ...

7 Comments. Posted by Dave on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 10:45 pm.

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