As part of a new occasional feature, Journalism.co.uk has set out to interview people working at the collision of journalism and social media. This week they cornered me and asked about my role at the BBC, which social media tools… Continue Reading
I used my camera phone, and a free service called qik, to stream live video of a panel discussion titled "God is a VJ". The panel included: • Pat Loughrey, Director, BBC Nations and Regions • … Continue Reading
The BBC Internet Blog is where "senior staff from BBC Future Media teams will talk about issues raised by you about the technology behind bbc.co.uk, our mobile services and the BBC’s presence on the internet." Not only does the blog… Continue Reading
Earlier this week I installed an application that turns my mobile phone into a highly portable, live broadcasting device. There are plenty of video sharing services that can accept uploads via mobile phone including youtube, blip.tv, kyte.tv and others. But… Continue Reading
The BBC’s Chris Vallance is a great example of a journalist who uses social media tools to engage with his audience and turn his ordinary production processes – things he’d do anyway whilst researching, planning, and creating the radio programmes… Continue Reading
I’m working on a presentation about turning processes into content for the DNA 2008 conference in Brussels next week – and could use your help. First, here’s how the conference website describes my one hour slot – the text in… Continue Reading
After three or four months deliberating over which new mobile phone upgrade to, a process that’s caused me to realise that there is no single solution that does everything I require, I’ve finally managed to get a new phone. The… Continue Reading
Late last month, the Editor of the BBC News website, Steve Herrmann, wrote a post asking, "When is it acceptable for us to make use of personal pictures and video available on the internet? In the past, personal pictures of… Continue Reading
Stuart Pinfold, who works in the audio traffic department at the BBC (recording despatches as they come in and routing them to the appropriate broadcast outlet), has put together a google map that shows the locations of the BBC’s global… Continue Reading
I haven’t had the time to test it properly (although setting up a channel took just seconds), but it looks like Yahoo Live, now released in beta, offers the same sort of functionality as Seesmic and Kyte.tv – easy to… Continue Reading