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Articles tagged BBC News (14)

Joshua BentonSeptember 28, 2020

A new set of threats to the BBC — internal and external — challenges its role as anchor of U.K. media

The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with. A new group of broadcast competitors and its likely new set of bosses see it differently.

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

Joseph LichtermanMay 8, 2017

After a snap election was called in the U.K., the BBC turned its Brexit bot into an election bot

“You have to take a 500-word news article and think: If I was to see this in the form of a series of message alerts, what would I want to see and what would I leave out? That’s a different way of thinking about journalism.”

Joseph LichtermanMay 8, 2017

BBC muda estratégia de cobertura via Facebook após May antecipar eleição

Rede britânica usa 1 canal pelo Facebook Messenger. Antes do anúncio, programa era usado para o Brexit.

Joseph LichtermanJanuary 11, 2017

At the BBC, the launch of in-app vertical video is a step toward connecting with new audiences

The BBC’s digital team worked alongside the editorial staff to shape the coverage and determine best practices for vertical video.

Shan WangApril 12, 2016

Live, local, late breaking: On Facebook Live, news outlets take a cue from TV (but don’t call it TV)

“This opens up all kind of new ways and products to tell stories that are not so focused on production values.”

The BBC wants to reshape itself, bolstering local news with 100 new journalists and a reporting hub

Facebook is starting its real Instant Articles testing in a few weeks, but not everyone will see it

Joshua BentonMay 13, 2015

Facebook’s Instant Articles are live: Either a shrewd mobile move by publishers — or feeding the Borg

Nine publishers have signed on, hoping it’s a way to better monetize mobile traffic they struggle to turn into dollars. But is it a smart adjustment to digital reality — or a surrender?

Joseph LichtermanMay 11, 2015

Sharing across borders: How BBC News wants to streamline social news across multiple languages

“We want to make audiences that normally may have a stereotype about what the BBC is — we want to show them that the BBC is up to speed with the modern times.”

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