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Charles Wheeler, the reporter who defined BBC news, dies at 85
From The Independent. Posted July 5 2008, 12.00am
Charles Wheeler, who reported the world for the BBC with a fearlessness and integrity that helped to define the corporation's journalistic reputation, has died at the age of 85. (more)

Viewers complain after BBC News broadcasts Jerusalem shooting
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2008, 2.52pm
BBC News has received 61 complaints after its 10pm bulletin on BBC1 showed police shooting dead the man who drove a bulldozer into vehicles in Jerusalem yesterday. By Tara Conlan (more)

Five new regional BBC News websites planned
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 23 2008, 11.00pm
New sites for Northern Ireland, Cheshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey proposed (more)

BBC Editors Blog: Introducing the new BBC multimedia newsroom
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 17 2008, 10.59am
Steve Herrmann, editor of the BBC news website, gives an introduction to the corporations new multimedia newsroom. (more)

Al Jazeera English wins gong at TV festival
From Biz Asia. Posted June 13 2008, 12.21pm
Al Jazeera English (AJE) has won the award for 'Best 24 Hour News Programme' at the prestigious 48th Monte Carlo Television Festival. The Award recognized Al Jazeera English's extensive international reach and efforts to dig deeper to give its international audience a richer understanding of the events that affect their lives. Al Jazeera English beat entries from BBC News, Sky News, Lisboa TV and the Phoenix Satellite Television Company to take home the award. Among the specific reports highlighted at the Festival were Nour Odeh's groundbreaking reports from Gaza, where she brought the suffering of the Gazan people to life when she was caught in the middle of a violent street battle between Hamas and Fatah. While shooting live in Gaza, Nour and her producer Ashraf Al-Amritti lost contact with the newsroom in Doha and were forced to rely on their mobile phone to continue reporting events as they occurred. Once the live video feed returned, Nour's cameraman, Iyad Al-Dahdouh, filmed the continued fighting while coming under RPG and small arms fire. Following the broadcast of the fighting on Al Jazeera, both sides in the Gaza battles agreed to a ceasefire. In addition to 'Best 24 Hour News Programme', AJE received nominations in every news category at the awards show, including 'Best TV Item' for James Bays' Taliban Embedded, which was awarded a second place prize, and 'Best News Documentary' for Tony Birtley's Inside Myanmar - The Crackdown. Commenting on the nominations, AJE's Managing Director Tony Burman said, "I am very excited that the AJE Newshour has been recognized as the best 24 hour news program in the world. For me, the award demonstrates the commitment of AJE's staff to giving a voice to the voiceless, of telling vital stories that are not on the agenda of the western news networks. Whether risking their lives to cover the bloodshed in Gaza, to travel with a Taliban cell in Afghanistan or to tell the world the real story from inside Myanmar, where we are the only international broadcaster with a permanent presence, AJE employees are telling the untold story and are putting real people back at the center of the news agenda. I am extremely proud that the world is paying attention to the hard work and dedication of the AJE staff, and each and every one of them should be congratulated for this recognition." Al Jazeera English launched in November 2006 with the goal of balancing the flow of news from the global south to the north and covering stories which are rarely seen in international news broadcasts. Using broadcast centers strategically placed in Kuala Lumpur, Doha, London and Washington, DC and bureaus around the world, AJE is posed to continue bringing its unique perspective on world events to over 110 million households around the world. Related links: Al Jazeera appoints new MD for English news channel Al Jazeera English celebrates one year on-air Al Jazeera English in talks with Virgin Media Al Jazeera English makes official launch (more)

Lesley Riddoch: Devolved Britain deserves better BBC news
From Media Guardian. Posted June 12 2008, 3.37pm
Lesley Riddoch: It's not news that the BBC routinely ignores Scotland in its reporting, but devolved Britain deserves better (more)

NYTimes.com and BBC scoop prizes at Webby awards
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 12 2008, 10.00am
The New York Times website won two awards for best news and newspaper at last night's Webby awards. BBC News also picked up an accolade for news, while its world service website won an award for radio. The Financial Times blog Alphaville was also named best business blog. Winners at the Webbys were asked to make a five-word [...] (more)

BBC News 'Must Do Better', Reporting UK-wide
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 12 2008, 7.38am
As reported widely elsewhere, the BBC has said its news and current affairs coverage ‘must do better’ to recognise the impact of devolution, which means, for instance, health and education stories applicable in one part of the UK may not be in another. Commissioned by the... (more)

Card details stolen in web hack
From BBC News. Posted June 10 2008, 3.44pm
Credit card details of up to 38,000 customers are stolen following a hack of the Cotton Traders website, BBC News learns. (more)

BBC blunders blamed on cuts
From Press Gazette. Posted June 5 2008, 12.00am
A series of blunders at BBC News is being blamed by insiders on a shortage of personnel following last year's staff cuts. (more)

Call for controls on BBC website
From Media Network Weblog. Posted May 30 2008, 3.23pm
There should be tighter controls on the management of the BBC’s website - in part to prevent it stifling commercial rivals, the BBC Trust has said, reports BBC News. After reviewing bbc.co.uk, the trust said it was “an excellent service” but that its content had to be different from that on rival websites. And it criticised the [...] (more)

BBC news online failing to reach lower income groups, says Trust
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 28 2008, 11.00pm
The BBC's online news offering does not have the same reach as radio and TV news for lower income groups, a review of the service by the BBC Trust says (more)

BBC: Web users ‘getting more ruthless’
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 24 2008, 11.04am
Web users are getting more impatient, selfish and ruthless when going online, according to research conducted by Nielsen. Dr Jakob Nielsen told BBC News that instead of lingering on websites many users are "hot potato" driven, just wanting to surf to a particular site, complete a task and leave. (more)

BBC mistakenly announces verdict reached in Nisah Patel-Nasri murder trial verdict
From Media Guardian. Posted May 22 2008, 4.46pm
The BBC has landed itself in hot water for another on-air gaffe after the BBC News channel mistakenly announced that a verdict had been reached in a murder trial. By Tara Conlan. (more)

The Register: BBC’s Today programme to close message boards
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 22 2008, 7.55am
The BBC is to close the online message boards for its Today programme at the end of the month, according to an announcement on the forum. Users are dismayed by the lack of consultation over the closure, says this report. According to the programme, the move is a step towards better integrating Today's site with BBC News' online offering. In the mean time users will be directed towards the Have Your Say section. (more)

BBC News in second pictures blunder
From Media Guardian. Posted May 20 2008, 3.47pm
The BBC has admitted that a factory making Adolf Hitler dolls, featured in a news report, was in Taiwan and not the Ukraine as stated during the broadcast item. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

OPA 08: 47% of weekly unique users to BBC News site are non-UK
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2008, 11.06am
Pete Clifton, head of editorial development for multimedia journalism at the BBC, has said 47 per cent of the 17 million weekly unique users to the BBC News website come from outside of the UK. Around half of these users, he told the Online Publishers Association conference, are from the US with a strong ex-pat [...] (more)

Guardian digital director: BBC site is 'state-funded intervention' in US ad market
From Press Gazette. Posted May 15 2008, 12.00am
The Guardian's director of digital publishing Emily Bell has warned an international industry conference that the BBC News website is "now the biggest online newspaper, not just in the UK but in the world". (more)

BBC News: Embedded media is big hit
From Digital Spy. Posted May 12 2008, 12.18pm
Many more people are accessing video and audio on BBC News and Sport websites after it was embedded. (more)

Webby success for FT.com and BBC News
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 7 2008, 11.29am
The Financial Times and the BBC have reason to celebrate after they both won Webby Awards - considered by many as the Oscars of online publishing. With nominations in over 70 categories FT.com's Alphaville blog and the BBC News site were amongst a crowded field of winners as they picked up gongs earlier this week. The Webbys [...] (more)

BBC Vision celebrates 100% subtitling
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted May 7 2008, 10.30am
BBC Vision has confirmed that it has reached its target of subtitling 100 of programmes on its main channelsBBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four CBeebies CBBC and BBC News. (more)

Election 2.0: blogs, video and mobile streaming out in force for local election coverage
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 1 2008, 4.40pm
The BBC's coverage of today's local elections will feature live blogging, with comments being expertly sifted by Newsnight and BBC News 24 presenter Emily Maitlis, assisted by leading political bloggers Iain Dale, Luke Akenhurst and Alix Mortimer. The elections see 4000 seats up for grabs at 159 councils nationally, along with the London Mayoralty and the [...] (more)

Brand new times at the BBC
From Press Gazette. Posted May 1 2008, 12.00am
Expert Eye: Bruce Dunlop and Adrian Monck assess the £550,000 rebrand of BBC News (more)

With all the swirling rings in the universe, it’s still BBC News
From The Independent. Posted April 27 2008, 12.00am
When change occurs at the BBC, you can be sure an Away Day will not be far behind. Yesterday morning, BBC news types gathered at the fashionable Soho Hotel off Dean Street to review a momentous week when the multimedia newsroom was launched and the new on-air look unveiled. (more)

BBC Trust says news website must review fact checking procedure
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 1.03pm
The sourcing and fact checking process for stories on the BBC News website must be addressed by management, the BBC trust Editorial Standards Committee has recommended. The committee made the suggestions as part of its response to a complaint about an article on the site, which pointed to inaccuracies in the report on Congressman Joseph P [...] (more)

Press Gazette: BBC News opens multi-platform newsroom
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 24 2008, 10.49am
News 24 Journalists and colleagues from radio and the TV news bulletins have become the first to move into the BBCâ (more)

BBC News opens multi-platform newsroom
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
The first stage of the BBC News newsroom integration project was completed on Monday as journalists from the corporation's rolling television news service began working in a common newsroom with their colleagues from radio and television... (more)

BBC to review online procedures after slow response to errors
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
BBC management has been asked to review its fact-checking procedures on the BBC News website after inaccuracies in an online story were not corrected quickly enough. (more)

BBC introduces registration scheme for blog comments
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 18 2008, 10.59am
The BBC has opted for a registration system for comments on blogs and forum areas citing protection against spam as a deciding factor in making the change. "It [registration] seems to be an effective balance between maintaining access to the blog and the standard of debate," Giles Wilson, editor of the BBC News blogs, wrote in [...] (more)

Gallery: BBC news in focus
From Media Guardian. Posted April 18 2008, 8.12am
Ahead of Monday's rebrand of BBC news, we examine how the look of the corporation's news bulletins has changed over the past six decades (more)

Video: updated title sequence for BBC news
From Media Guardian. Posted April 16 2008, 2.57pm
Watch the revamped BBC news title sequence, part of a £550,000 rebranding of the corporation's news service carried out by branding agency Lambie Nairn (more)

BBC News relaunch
From Media Guardian. Posted April 14 2008, 3.57pm
How the BBC News studio and title graphics will look after a relaunch on Monday, April 21 (more)

BBC spends £550k on news revamp including 'red globe' logo
From Media Guardian. Posted April 14 2008, 3.57pm
BBC News is launching a £550,000 revamp of its image - to include a new red globe symbol it hopes will help bring together the various parts of its sprawling operations. By Katie Allen (more)

BBC News 24, BBC World to be renamed
From Digital Spy. Posted April 14 2008, 11.42am
BBC News 24 and BBC World are to be renamed BBC News and BBC World News. (more)

BBC rebrands its TV news services
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 13 2008, 12.42pm
Jonathan Marks writes: Seems the BBC is rolling out a £550,000 rebranding exercise as part of the broadcaster’s biggest attempt yet to repackage its core output. News 24, its rolling news channel, is being renamed BBC News. The corporation will rebrand BBC World, its international news channel, as BBC World News. Viewers will be able to [...] (more)

Intel 'will survive US recession'
From BBC News. Posted April 7 2008, 11.11pm
Intel will ride out any US recession, the firm's chief executive Paul Otellini tells BBC News. (more)

BBC newsreader finds herself ambushed by the giggles
From Media Guardian. Posted March 29 2008, 12.16am
Charlotte Green, BBC radio's authoritative news voice, temporarily loses composure on Today programme (more)

China 'unblocks' BBC News site
From Media Guardian. Posted March 25 2008, 11.56am
Chinese authorities appear to have stopped blocking the English-language version of BBC News website. By Jemima Kiss (more)

My Week In Media: Lembit Opik
From The Independent. Posted March 10 2008, 12.00am
Last week I watched...BBC News 24. The Obama-Clinton race for the Democrat candidacy is such an oddity. It reminds me of The West Wing. I know Ohio quite well as I used to work there one week a month for Procter & Gamble, before I became an MP, and I thought Hillary would be their kind of gal. But the drama of Obama is large in the unpredictability of the results. Obviously, I watched the news of the referendum vote. I voted with Nick Clegg because he is an expert on Europe and I didn't want to read the 200 pages of the EU Treaty myself when I trusted his judgement. He is under zero threat to his leadership. Even the people who resigned don't want him to go. We're a pretty close-knit little team and when the Lib Dems have arguments, we do it in a respectful way. (more)

Al-Jazeera wins top UK award
From Rapid TV News. Posted February 21 2008, 12.40pm
The Royal Television Society can usually be relied upon to present most of its annual TV journalism award ‘gongs' to the usual suspects: journalists from BBC News, Sky News or Channel 4 news. But not this year. (more)

BBC news bounces back at RTS journalism awards
From Media Guardian. Posted February 21 2008, 10.38am
BBC news won seven prizes at last night's Royal Television Society journalism awards, including presenter of the year for Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Kate Silverton: Ms Silverton strikes gold
From The Independent. Posted February 18 2008, 12.00am
The February sunshine glinting off her shiny black knee-length boots, Kate Silverton bounds around the grounds of Television Centre with the energy and enthusiasm of Martha, the nine-month-old Jack Russell puppy she has recently taken charge of. The bespectacled BBC newscaster is high on a heady mixture of a recently realised ambition and her hopes for imminent good news. (more)

Stephanie Flanders replaces Evan Davis at BBC news
From Media Guardian. Posted February 15 2008, 2.46pm
Newsnight's Stephanie Flanders is to replace Evan Davis as the BBC's economics editor, one of the corporation's most senior onscreen journalism roles. By Chris Tryhorn and Jemima Kiss (more)

Jones to front new entertainment show
From Digital Spy. Posted February 12 2008, 4.06pm
Gethin Jones is to front a new entertainment news programme on BBC News 24. (more)

News 24 revives entertainment news
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2008, 10.14am
BBC News 24 is to launch an entertainment new show co-hosted by Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

News 24 launches showbiz news show
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2008, 10.14am
BBC News 24 is to launch an entertainment news show co-hosted by Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Tasmin joins new look BBC Three news
From Biz Asia. Posted February 8 2008, 8.04pm
Former ZEE Music and Five presenter Tasmin Lucia Khan has been hired by BBC Three for its new look news bulletin '60 Seconds', which relaunches on Tuesday (12th February). Tasmin will co-present with Andy May who has presented sports updates on BBC Radio 5 Live's Eammon Holmes' show. In line with the audience's interest in the world around them, '60 Seconds' will also commit to special bulletins on everything from environment, technology and science to entertainment and weekend sport. Tasmin said: "I'm very excited to be part of the new look BBC Three. I'll be keeping our audiences up-to-date during the week with all the latest news, just the way they like it. It's going to be short and sharp news bulletins on the hour and I've literally got only 60 seconds to deliver!" Tasmin had been with ZEE Network since 2000. She will also present 'Entertainment 24' on BBC News 24, Monday to Thursday at 18:30 and 21:30. (more)

BBC News installs DMDMS
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 31 2008, 1.11pm
The shift to file-based working at BBC News continues, with the installation of a new digital media management system scheduled for March to link the broadcaster's international newsrooms. (more)

BBC News adopts new digital content management system
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 31 2008, 12.00am
Technology will ensure fast and reliable transfer of content between journalists in the field and bureaux (more)

Citizen journalism is added-value journalism
From Press Gazette. Posted January 21 2008, 12.00am
Peter Horrocks, head of BBC newsroom, on how audience debates and comments can improve editorial output (more)

New head for BBC's business unit
From Press Gazette. Posted January 17 2008, 12.00am
Jeremy Hillman has taken over as editor of the economics and business Centre in BBC News. (more)

How many friends in the North will BBC news have?
From Daily Telegraph. Posted January 15 2008, 12.01am
Who remembers Mark Thompson's rant about "duplication" some three months ago? (more)

My Life In Media: BBC presenter Bill Turnbull
From The Independent. Posted January 14 2008, 12.00am
Bill Turnbull, 51, is the presenter of BBC Breakfast, broadcast every morning on BBC1 and BBC News 24. He has been with the BBC for 22 years and has reported from more than 30 countries, including the US where he was Washington correspondent for four years, covering the OJ Simpson trial and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He has presented Breakfast since 2001, broadcasting the show live from King's Cross in the aftermath of the 7/7 London bombings. He keeps chickens and bees. He lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife Sesi and their three children. (more)

Sir Trevor fires warning at BBC news
From Media Guardian. Posted January 10 2008, 4.04pm
'We're not in this to lose,' Sir Trevor McDonald has warned the BBC ahead of the return of News at Ten. By Tara Conlan (more)

Expanded role for 'Breakfast' Curry
From Digital Spy. Posted January 7 2008, 11.25am
BBC business reporter Declan Curry's role will expand beyond Breakfast to cover BBC News daytime output. (more)

Parky, Minogue & Alagiah in Queen's Honours
From Merry Media. Posted December 29 2007, 1.27am
In the Queen's New Year Honours, TV chat show presenter Michael Parkinson is knighted, singer Kylie Minogue along with BBC news presenter George Alagiah and sports presenter Des Lynam become OBEs. . (more)

BBC News posts annual audience rise
From Press Gazette. Posted December 17 2007, 12.00am
The BBC has posted a year-on-year increase in the number of viewers for all of its main television news bulletins, according to BARB data released by the corporation today. (more)

BBC news bulletins report annual audience boost
From Press Gazette. Posted December 17 2007, 12.00am
The BBC has posted a year-on-year increase in the number of viewers for all of its main news bulletins, according to BARB viewing data released today. (more)

Mike Donkin
From Media Guardian. Posted December 13 2007, 12.03am
Obituary: A consummate BBC news professional, he shunned celebrity status for himself (more)

Kate Silverton Hosting BBC 8pm Bulletin
From Merry Media. Posted December 7 2007, 9.12pm
Kate Silverton has been named as the presenter of the new BBC 8pm news bulletin. The 37-year-old is currently presenting on the Breakfast programme as well as BBC News 24. . (more)

BBC news: 178 face forced job losses
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 7.16am
At least 178 BBC news journalists are at risk of compulsory redundancy as part of the corporation's cost-cutting drive, unions have been told. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

TV executive loses battle in High Court
From Financial Times. Posted December 6 2007, 2.28am
London judge rules that Alan Clements, husband of BBC Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, breached his contract with RDF Media in his attempt to join SMG (more)

Raymond Snoddy on Broadcasting What's the point of live television if absolutely nothing is happening?
From The Independent. Posted November 19 2007, 12.55am
Now that BBC News 24 has reached its 10th anniversary and Sky News is a strapping 18 year-old, it is more than time to ask what exactly is the purpose of 24-hour television news. (more)

Baby report lands BBC in new fakery row
From Media Guardian. Posted November 15 2007, 5.21pm
The BBC has become embroiled in another fakery row after BBC news added the sound of babies crying to footage of quintuplets. By Tara Conlan (more)

BBC colleagues mourn Tricia Williamson
From Media Guardian. Posted November 13 2007, 11.43am
BBC news has paid tribute to Tricia Williamson, the director, producer and presenter who died in a car crash on Friday. By Jemima Kiss (more)

In the front line, online
From Press Gazette. Posted November 13 2007, 12.00am
The BBC News website is 10. First head of the service Bob Eggington looks at how it has changed (more)

BBC News unveils integrated newsroom
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 12 2007, 12.00am
Multimedia newsroom up and running to produce content across BBC's web, TV and radio platforms (more)

Concern over BBC news changes
From Media Guardian. Posted November 8 2007, 7.09am
The BBC is planning changes to the way it presents its news output that will see it covering fewer stories overall but with more live reports. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

BBC News sends out redundancy emails
From Digital Spy. Posted November 6 2007, 4.15pm
The first round of emails inviting BBC News staffers to take voluntary redundancy goes out. (more)

BBC appoints North America editor
From Digital Spy. Posted November 6 2007, 9.51am
Justin Webb is appointed to the new post of BBC News North America editor. (more)

Justin Webb Lands New BBC News Job
From Merry Media. Posted November 5 2007, 11.18pm
Former BBC Breakfast News presenter Justin Webb as been appointed to the new post of BBC News North America Editor it has been announced.. (more)

Justin Webb replaces Matt Frei as BBC's North America editor
From Media Guardian. Posted November 5 2007, 3.41pm
BBC News has promoted correspondent Justin Webb to the post of North America editor, replacing Matt Frei. ByLeigh Holmwood (more)

A decade on, BBC News website braces for integration
From Press Gazette. Posted November 1 2007, 12.00am
As the BBC News website marks its tenth anniversary this week, it is preparing for a... (more)

Frontline ‘unaffected’ by the switch to multimedia
From Press Gazette. Posted October 30 2007, 12.00am
With a radical reorganisation of the BBC newsroom set to start in three weeks, head of TV news Peter Horrocks has insisted “frontline journalists” will not be significantly affected by the changes. (more)

Boaden: BBC could cut crime stories
From Digital Spy. Posted October 24 2007, 9.27am
Director of BBC News Helen Boaden says crime stories are a likely subject of funding and job cuts. (more)

Helen Boaden: The good news or the bad news?
From The Independent. Posted October 22 2007, 12.25am
Helen Boaden, director of BBC News, is a naturally chipper, can-do person, her positivity reflected in her cropped red hair, bright yellow cardigan and golden curriculum vitae. But she's suppressing the smiles today. (more)

ARY cameraman dead in Bhutto rally blast
From Biz Asia. Posted October 18 2007, 11.32pm
Pakistani broadcaster ARY Digital is mourning the death of one of its cameramen who was one of hundreds killed in the Benazir Bhutto rally blasts in Karachi, Pakistan. A suspected suicide bomber is said to have been among a crowd in Karachi watching former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's return from exile. The director of DM Digital Dr Rehman Malik and one its presenters Mazher Bukhari have also been reported to be injured in the bomb blasts. At the time of filing this article, 115 people had been confirmed dead in the explosions by Pakistani police. News broadcasters BBC News, Sky News CNN, NDTV 24x7, Al Jazeera English, Aaj Tak and ARY Digital all switched to rolling coverage for breaking news from the scene of the catastrophe at around 20:30 earlier this evening. Updated: 19/10/07 (more)

BBC's Dermot Murnaghan joins Sky News
From Media Guardian. Posted October 18 2007, 1.00am
Dermot Murnaghan has become the latest high-profile departure from BBC news, signing a deal to join Sky News. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

BBC News 'should look for efficiencies'
From Press Gazette. Posted October 18 2007, 12.00am
BBC News needs to become more efficient, despite being the cornerstone of the corporation, according to the deputy director general Mark Byford. (more)

Deal struck to allow ads on BBC.com website
From Media Guardian. Posted October 17 2007, 1.00am
2.15pm: BBC News and BBC Worldwide have agreed a deal that paves the way for advertising on the corporation's international website. By Mark Sweney and Tara Conlan. (more)

BBC News to take biggest hit in job cuts
From Press Gazette. Posted October 17 2007, 12.00am
BBC News is expected to be hardest hit by the proposed staff cuts due to be announced tomorrow. (more)

Bakhurst: News 24's growth linked to Freeview
From Digital Spy. Posted October 15 2007, 3.00pm
BBC News 24's Kevin Bakhurst discusses the importance of 24 hour news on digital terrestrial TV. (more)

Cuts threaten one in five BBC news jobs
From The Times. Posted October 10 2007, 11.20am
Twenty per cent of BBC News journalists are at risk of losing their jobs, with the flagship One O’Clock NewsTV bulletin under threat in swingeing staff cuts to be announced next week. (more)

BBCWS receives £70m funding increase over next three years
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 9 2007, 4.32pm
BBC World Service will receive £70 million of extra funding from the UK Government for the three-year period from 2008/2009 to 2010/2011. The announcement was made by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling during his Comprehensive Spending Review announcement in Parliament today. The announcement formally confirmed £15m per annum funding for a BBC news and information television [...] (more)

BBC One O'Clock News faces axe
From The Times. Posted October 9 2007, 2.23pm
More than a fifth of BBC news journalists are at risk of losing their jobs, the National Union of Journalists said this afternoon, with the flagship <i>One O'Clock News</i> under threat in swingeing cuts scheduled to be unveiled next week. (more)

Kaplinsky changes channel to replace Young on Five News
From The Independent. Posted October 6 2007, 12.35am
The BBC newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky is quitting the corporation's Six O'Clock News to become the presenter of Five News. Her appointment by the commercial broadcaster follows the departure in August of Kirsty Young, who was the main presenter of Five News for 10 years. (more)

Natasha Kaplinsky to join Five News
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 12.37pm
Natasha Kaplinsky is to leave BBC News and present news bulletins on Five in 2008. (more)

BBC News staff sign anti-cuts letter
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2007, 9.38am
Nearly 100 BBC News staff sign an open letter protesting against proposed cuts to their budget. (more)

BBC News staff sign letter protesting cuts
From Media Guardian. Posted October 4 2007, 1.00am
4.15pm: Nearly 100 BBC News staff have signed an open letter expressing their 'dismay' over budget cuts. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Moira Stuart: Britain's first lady of news
From Digital Spy. Posted October 3 2007, 4.54pm
DS takes an in-depth look at the life and times of BBC newsreader Moira Stuart. (more)

Moira Stuart quits BBC News
From Digital Spy. Posted October 3 2007, 1.20pm
Moira Stuart is to leave BBC News after over three decades at the corporation. (more)

BBC News picks up two Emmy awards
From Press Gazette. Posted September 26 2007, 12.00am
BBC News has won the award for best international news at this year's International Emmys for its coverage of last summer's Israel-Lebanon conflict. (more)

BBC News Win 2 International Emmys
From Merry Media. Posted September 25 2007, 12.56pm
BBC News has won two awards at the International Emmys. In the news category, they won International News award for their coverage of the Lebanon conflict from last summer.. (more)

Question Time Extra on BBC News 24
From Merry Media. Posted September 19 2007, 11.24am
The new Question Time Extra will start on Thursday 20 September on BBC News 24, right after the main Question Time finishes on BBC One. Chris Eakin will present the show with two expert guests in the studio.. (more)

BBC News to use wikis for online election coverage
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 14 2007, 12.00am
Audience interactivity to play a greater role in the Corporation's coverage of Gordon Brown's first election as Prime Minister (more)

BBC News UGC hub goes 24/7
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 12 2007, 12.00am
Additional staff will mean overnight coverage allowing quick response to debates and news across the globe. (more)

BBC Scotland targets 'sandwich surfers'
From Press Gazette. Posted September 11 2007, 12.00am
A generation of "sandwich surfers" who watch BBC News videos at lunchtime from their desks is overtaking the corporation's early-evening local news bulletins, according to the BBC Scotland head of news and current affairs, Atholl Duncan. (more)

BBC News clip 'could have triggered epileptic fit'
From Press Gazette. Posted September 10 2007, 12.00am
Ofcom has criticised BBC News for broadcasting a video clip about the London Olympics which could have triggered an epileptic seizure. (more)

BBC Newsreader Fears Stalker
From Merry Media. Posted September 9 2007, 1.21pm
BBC newsreader Emily Maitlis had 24 hour protection from BBC bodyguards in the past few days after a stalker escaped from a mental hospital.. (more)

What makes a good journalist?
From Press Gazette. Posted August 20 2007, 12.00am
Kevin Bakhurst, head of BBC News 24, looks at some of the vital qualities of a good journalist, and shares some tips for how to impress prospective employers (more)

Five News poaches BBC newsreader
From Press Gazette. Posted August 20 2007, 12.00am
BBC London and BBC Breakfast presenter Matt Barbet is to move to Five News. (more)

C4 calls BBC 'lazy' in row over Undercover Mosque programme
From Media Guardian. Posted August 16 2007, 1.00am
The Channel 4 deputy head of news has criticised BBC News 24 for its 'lazy' coverage of the Dispatches Undercover Mosque row. By Tara Conlan. (more)

C4 calls BBC 'lazy' in row over Unudercover Mosque programme
From Media Guardian. Posted August 16 2007, 1.00am
The Channel 4 deputy head of news has criticised BBC News 24 for its 'lazy' coverage of the Dispatches Undercover Mosque row. By Tara Conlan. (more)

Delays reported on new Broadcasting House
From Digital Spy. Posted August 13 2007, 11.19am
The creation of a new home for BBC News is facing delays due to a change in strategy by the corporation. (more)

BBC News 24 increases lead over Sky
From Media Guardian. Posted August 8 2007, 1.00am
8am: BBC News 24 has continued to increase its lead over Sky News, with figures showing it has opened up a 0.2% gap over its commercial rival. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

TV deceptions knock BBC news
From Media Guardian. Posted July 25 2007, 1.00am
2.30pm: BBC news director Helen Boaden has admitted her department has 'suffered a blow' from the viewer deception row. By Tara Conlan. (more)

BBC News 24 starts live editor's blog
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 12 2007, 9.34am
Morning editor Simon Waldman experimenting with real-time blog from the studio gallery (more)

BBC news magazine launch pencilled in for autumn
From Press Gazette. Posted June 29 2007, 12.00am
BBC Magazines' much anticipated current affairs weekly Newsbrief is to launch this autumn with a subscription drive targeting international and women readers. (more)

Pilots raise fears over fatigue
From BBC News. Posted June 25 2007, 7.14pm
Pilots are concerned fatigue is leading to potentially dangerous incidents in the air, BBC News finds. (more)

Tired pilots 'are risk to safety'
From BBC News. Posted June 25 2007, 3.59pm
Airline safety is being compromised by fatigue among pilots, a BBC News investigation finds. (more)

BBC News says Voice of Shariat back on air in Afghanistan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 21 2007, 10.13am
BBC News is reporting this morning that the Taliban in Afghanistan have re-commenced broadcasts under the name Voice of Shariat, the name of the former national broadcaster when they were in power. The report quotes a Taliban spokesman as saying that a half-hour programme was broadcast on Tuesday night and would now be broadcast daily. [...] (more)

BBC holds worldwide silence for kidnapped colleague
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 20 2007, 3.24pm
The BBC held a moment of silence today at offices around the world for its correspondent Alan Johnston to mark the passing of 100 days since he was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip, a demonstration backed by other supporters. BBC News 24 and BBC World television broadcast live footage of staff holding posters and wearing [...] (more)

BBC News 24 add 'red' breaking news ticker
From SkyDigi Online. Posted June 7 2007, 2.49pm
BBC News 24 has made a minor tweak to its on-screen look. (more)

BBC News facing 'dramatic changes'
From Press Gazette. Posted June 6 2007, 12.00am
BBC News could be entering “unchartered territory” with “dramatic changes” for its news operations at home and abroad if savings across the corporation are to be implemented, according to sources within the BBC. (more)

BBC job cuts looming, staff look to strike
From Digital Spy. Posted June 4 2007, 11.39am
BBC News team face cuts, as BBC children's education threaten to strike over proposed redundancies. (more)

BBC news reporter Addison to go it alone
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2007, 1.00am
8am: BBC Six O'Clock News reporter Adrian Addison is to set up a freelance news agency in the Philippines. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Google privacy policy 'is vague'
From BBC News. Posted May 31 2007, 8.12am
Elements of Google's privacy policy are "vague", the firm's global privacy counsel tells BBC News. (more)

BBC News tests Flash video
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 15 2007, 12.39pm
Easy multimedia format could kill Auntie's dependence on pop-ups, applications, Microsoft and RealNetworksemail this article digg this del.icio.us (more)

ITV may sign-up Moira
From Digital Spy. Posted May 9 2007, 2.32pm
Moira Stuart is reportedly being courted by ITV, weeks after she was dropped from her Sunday morning slot on BBC News. (more)

ITV wants ex-BBC newsreader Moira
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2007, 1.00am
1.45pm: Moira Stuart is being courted by ITV, weeks after she was dumped from her BBC newsreading job. By Tara Conlan. (more)

ITV wants ex-BBC newsreader Moira Stuart
From Media Guardian. Posted May 9 2007, 1.00am
Moira Stuart is being courted by ITV, weeks after she was dumped from her BBC newsreading job. By Tara Conlan. (more)

BBC News 24 Streaming Online
From Merry Media. Posted May 9 2007, 12.24am
BBC News 24 is now streaming permanently on the BBC News website.. (more)

BBC News 24 to offer live streaming
From Digital Spy. Posted May 8 2007, 4.18pm
The BBC's 24-hour news channel is available online for free from today (more)

Channels cleared over Saddam coverage
From Media Guardian. Posted May 8 2007, 1.00am
Sky News and BBC News 24 have been cleared by Ofcom over their coverage of Saddam Hussein's execution. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

James Silver: The goat news story that just won't die
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2007, 1.00am
James Silver: A staggering 14 months after BBC News Online put up a story titled 'Sudan man forced to marry goat', it is still one of the site's most popular articles. (more)

BBC News discussion board gets record views
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 23 2007, 9.34am
Have Your Say comment and debate section clocks up more users and introduces tools to make moderation more transparentemail this article digg this del.icio.us (more)

TV channels defend airing Virginia Tech killer's tape
From Media Guardian. Posted April 20 2007, 1.00am
12.15pm: BBC News and Sky News have defended showing the Virginia Tech killer's video rant. By Chris Tryhorn and Matt Wells. (more)

BBC News Coverage of 2007 Elections
From Merry Media. Posted April 16 2007, 1.49pm
BBC News will present comprehensive coverage of the May 2007 elections across the UK.. (more)

Unprecedented link-up between international news channels tomorrow
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 11 2007, 5.07pm
The BBC is planning a day of action tomorrow to highlight the plight of Alan Johnston, BBC Gaza correspondent, who was abducted on 12 March 2007. For the first time, the four major international news broadcasters will come together to produce a special programme. The BBC’s two TV news channels - BBC World and BBC News [...] (more)

Fiona Bruce Modelled for Jackie Magazine
From Merry Media. Posted April 9 2007, 2.24pm
BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce has revealed in a BBC Two documentary she used to be a model for the love stories in the Jackie magazine.. (more)

More Than 1000 People Sign Alan Johnston Petition
From Merry Media. Posted April 4 2007, 12.23am
More than 1000 people from around the world have added their names to the petition calling for the release of kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston and some 350 people have also posted messages of support on the BBC News website.. (more)

BBC News 24 on your mobile
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 29 2007, 2.02pm
TV and radio channels to be available on Orange, Vodafone and 3 as part of a 12-month trialemail this article digg this del.icio.us (more)

BBC trial will stream News 24 on 3G mobiles
From Press Gazette. Posted March 29 2007, 11.06am
BBC News 24 will become available on 3G mobile phones as part of a year-long trial announced today by the BBC. (more)

BBC News away day to discuss money-saving
From Media Guardian. Posted March 29 2007, 1.00am
11.30am: BBC News staff are meeting in central London today to discuss how they can make more savings, following the licence fee settlement. By Tara Conlan and Jemima Kiss. (more)

Moira Stuart Axed as BBC Newsreader
From Merry Media. Posted March 28 2007, 1.12pm
Legendary BBC newsreader Moira Stuart has been axed - but will continue to work on other projects for the BBC.. (more)

Enquirer reporter shows local knowledge in TV interview
From Hold the Front Page. Posted March 19 2007, 12.00am
Journalist appears on BBC news to warn of possible link between stabbings (more)

Pupils Become Broadcasters for the Day with BBC News
From Merry Media. Posted March 16 2007, 12.05am
The BBC is giving 12 and 13-year-olds in Manchester the chance to make their own news at school and to broadcast it via the internet for a special project on Thursday 22 March 2007.. (more)

BBC's YouTube deal
From The Scotsman. Posted March 3 2007, 1.35am
THE BBC has confirmed a deal with YouTube to make programming available via a number of branded channels, including supplying an advertising-funded BBC News clips service. (more)

BBC does deal with YouTube
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 2 2007, 12.05pm
Dedicated channel for BBC News clips to be featuredemail this article digg this del.icio.us (more)

BBC makes deal with YouTube
From Media Guardian. Posted March 2 2007, 12.00am
11.30am: The BBC has confirmed a deal with YouTube to make programming available online, including ad-funded BBC News clips. By Mark Sweney. (more)

BBC�s Lyse Doucet Teams up with Rania Kurdi to Launch Competition in Jordan
From Merry Media. Posted February 26 2007, 1.06pm
The BBC’s special correspondent and presenter Lyse Doucet is teaming up with popular TV presenter, singer and actress Rania Kurdi to launch an English language journalism competition in Jordan called BBC NewsMaker.. (more)

BBC news vows to air wider range of views
From Media Guardian. Posted February 23 2007, 12.00am
12pm: The BBC head of TV news, Peter Horrocks, has pledged to represent a wider range of opinion and to 'get closer to the audience'. By Owen Gibson. (more)

BBC News cries foul at failure to win awards
From Media Guardian. Posted February 23 2007, 12.00am
After a poor showing for BBC news at the RTS Awards, furious internal emails claim the juries were biased. By Owen Gibson. (more)

Sky News wins 'News Channel of the Year'
From SkyDigi Online. Posted February 21 2007, 1.25pm
Sky News has once again triumphed at the Royal Television Society awards. The channel was named News Channel of the Year beating BBC News 24, who won the award last year. The RTS judges commented on Sky News' "immediacy, impact, variety of coverage" and commended the way it covered the big stories, the way they were presented and its "sharp and intelligent reporting". Head of Sky News, John Ryley said: "Journalism is all about teamwork -by everyone on screen and off screen. It's a brilliant achievement and a tribute to our energy, creativity and competitive spirit." Sky News has won the award six times in the last seven years. Meanwhile, Sky News Correspondent Dominic Waghorn scooped the prestigious Television Journalist of the Year award and also the International News award for a special report on baby-snatching in China. Dominic said: "This means an enormous amount to me. It can be fiendishly difficult working in China so this makes what we achieved all the more worthwhile." Former Head of Sky News Nick Pollard won a Lifetime Achievement Award. On behalf of the judges, Stewart Purvis, former Chief Executive ITN, paid tribute to Nick saying, "In his ten years of running Sky News, he transformed the channel. He did it with innovation, with passion and large dollops of imagination, humanity and common sense." Related link: BBC News 24 wins 'News Channel of the Year' (more)

BBC's Komla Dumor Launches Competition in Ghana
From Merry Media. Posted February 20 2007, 3.33am
Popular BBC presenter Komla Dumor is encouraging young Ghanaians to take part in an exciting new journalism competition called BBC NewsMaker.. (more)

WIN A DVD! - 50 Years of BBC News
From Merry Media. Posted February 17 2007, 11.40am
Win the DVD '50 Years of BBC Television News'. We have 2 copies to give away and all you have to do is answer one simple question.... (more)

BBC TV News facing series of strikes
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 12 2007, 9.47am
Members of the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) in BBC News are set to take strike action in two disputes over value-for-money savings. 500 of the union’s members in Television News have voted for industrial action against compulsory redundancies in a ballot which closed on Friday. Their vote followed closely after another ballot announcement [...] (more)

BBC News faces another strike
From Media Guardian. Posted February 9 2007, 12.00am
4pm update: BBC News staff are to stage a further 24-hour walkout on February 26 over compulsory job cuts. By Tara Conlan. (more)

BBCi Add to BBC News Multiscreen Service
From Merry Media. Posted February 8 2007, 4.30pm
Sports Headline and UK Weather are two new services, being added to the existing News Multiscreen Service on BBCi on Freeview from the end of February.. (more)

Pupils Become Reporters for BBC News
From Merry Media. Posted February 8 2007, 11.01am
On March 22nd, 100 schools around the country will make the news and take part in a special all-day webcast showcasing their work.. (more)

Gusak Interview on BBC Newsnight
From Merry Media. Posted February 7 2007, 3.12pm
In his first interview for the foreign media, to be broadcast tonight on BBC Two's Newsnight at 10.30pm, Alexander Gusak, who headed a secret unit described by Litvinenko as a death squad, is asked if Litvinenko deserved to die.. (more)

Sky News now available at rail stations
From SkyDigi Online. Posted February 1 2007, 3.15pm
Sky News will from today be offering dedicated news, weather and sport content to two thirds of the UK’s regular rail commuters. The deal with Titan, who provide giant digital screens was struck last October meaning Sky News would replace BBC News on the big screens. The agreement between Titan and Sky gives commuters the most up-to-date, breaking news service in railway stations, utilising a new technology application which sees bespoke, real-time news delivered individually - and continually - to each of the stations covered in the network. The nature of the segments carried on the screens will vary across the course of the day, in line with the changing demands of station audiences. For example, content will be skewed towards business news in the peak morning rush hour, and in the evening, more showbiz and sport content will be carried. John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said: "Sky News is continually looking for ways to innovate in delivering its award-winning news coverage to audiences. This partnership with Titan on their market-leading Transvision network of screens delivers news to commuters with an unmatched level of tailoring and sophistication. Through TV, online, mobile and now outdoor, Sky News is committed to a strategy of bringing breaking news to audiences, no matter where they might find themselves." Related link: Sky News wins train stations contract (more)

Vista 'most secure ever' - Gates
From BBC News. Posted January 30 2007, 3.33pm
Vista is "dramatically more secure than any other operating system released", Bill Gates tells BBC News. (more)

Vista is 'more secure' says Gates
From BBC News. Posted January 30 2007, 3.33pm
Vista is "dramatically more secure than any other operating system released", Bill Gates tells BBC News. (more)

More strikes loom at BBC News
From Media Guardian. Posted January 30 2007, 12.00am
5.15pm update: BBC News could face further strike action within days after the NUJ and management failed to reach agreement over job cuts. By Jason Deans. (more)

TV licence fee to rise to £151 by 2012
From SkyDigi Online. Posted January 17 2007, 11.09pm
The television licence fee is set for a 3% rise over the next two years according to BBC News 24. (more)

NUJ: BBC News seven days from possible strike
From Press Gazette. Posted January 11 2007, 1.30pm
1.30pm: BBC News staff could be seven days away from strike action over plans for compulsory redundancies. (more)

BBC news faces compulsory redundancies
From Media Guardian. Posted January 10 2007, 12.00am
8am: BBC news is braced for the first compulsory redundancies in 10 years and faces further strike action. By Tara Conlan. (more)

BBC News to Bring Back Tomorrows World
From Merry Media. Posted January 6 2007, 4.17pm
BBC News is to bring back Tomorrow's World across all its platforms to help audiences understand new technology and how it will change their lives.. (more)

Tomorrow?s World to be used to highlight BBC?s technology reporting
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 5 2007, 4.40pm
BBC News is to bring back Tomorrow’s World across all its platforms to help audiences understand new technology and how it will change their lives. While the programme itself will not return, elements of the title sequence and the logo of the much-loved BBC series will be used to brand the BBC’s reporting of the world [...] (more)

Richard Ayre appointed to Food Standards Agency
From Media Guardian. Posted December 19 2006, 12.00am
10.30am: Former deputy chief executive of BBC news, Richard Ayre, is to join the Food Standards Agency. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Hopes rise over BBC News cuts
From Media Guardian. Posted December 15 2006, 12.00am
4.15pm: BBC management and unions have called a Christmas truce over redundancies in BBC News. By Tara Conlan. (more)

Female BBC news presenters earn £6,500 less than men
From Press Gazette. Posted December 8 2006, 10.47am
The BBC pays its female reporters on its flagship news programmes £6,500 less on average than their male counterparts according to answers obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. (more)

Female BBC reporters paid less
From Media Guardian. Posted December 8 2006, 12.00am
10am: Female reporters on flagship BBC news bulletins earn �6,500 less than their male peers. By Katie Allen. (more)

Yahoo! to offer BBC News clips in US
From Media Guardian. Posted December 1 2006, 12.00am
4.30pm: Yahoo! has struck a deal to offer clips of BBC News video to US web users. By Mark Sweney. (more)

BBC News launches first user-generated programme
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 27 2006, 11.00am
Your News features stories and videos proving most popular with viewers on TV and the internet (more)

BBC News 24 launches first all-UGC news programme
From Brand Republic. Posted November 27 2006, 9.11am
LONDON - BBC News 24 has launched what is believed to be the first all user-generated news programme, 'Your News', featuring new stories made up from material sent in by the public. (more)

BBC to launch UCG news programme
From Media Guardian. Posted November 24 2006, 12.00am
4.45pm: BBC News 24 is to launch a news programme based entirely on user generated content. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Nicholas Owen appointed presenter of BBC News 24
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted November 22 2006, 10.05am
Veteran presenter takes on new challenge after 10 years at ITN (more)

Web ads necessary, BBC news staff told
From Media Guardian. Posted November 22 2006, 12.00am
5.30pm: BBC global news director Richard Sambrook has said that ads on the international news website can't be avoided. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

BBC technicians strike cancelled
From Media Guardian. Posted November 22 2006, 12.00am
1.45pm: Strike action by BBC news technicians has been called off after a management offer of talks. By Jason Deans. (more)

ITN's Nicholas Owen moves to BBC
From Digital Spy. Posted November 21 2006, 9.41am
Long-time ITN correspondent and anchor Nicholas Owen joins BBC News 24. (more)

Nicholas Owen Joins BBC News 24
From Merry Media. Posted November

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