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BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Event: Investigative Journalism - Dead or...

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BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Video: Churnalism Debate

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The Media Standards Trust held this lively debate at the Royal Statistical Society on the quality of journalism in the UK.

BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Video: Rob Cook - Behind the Numbers

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Dr Rob Cook, Clinical Programmes Director at Bazian, spoke at a Royal Statistical Society Behind the Numbers event.

BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Video: Patrick Casey - Behind the Numbers

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Patrick Casey from the website Full Fact spoke at the Royal Statistical Society - Behind the Numbers event.

BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Video: More or Less - Behind the Numbers

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Richard Vadon and Richard Knight of the BBC Radio 4 programme More or Less outlined the challenges of reporting numbers in the news, at a Royal Statistical Society - Behind the Numbers event.

Video: Face the Future Book Launch

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To mark the launch of the book Face the Future: Tools for the Modern Media Age, Kevin Marsh, former executive editor of the BBC College of Journalism, Judith Towend, freelance journalist and former Journalism.co.uk reporter, and Laura Oliver, Community Coordinator for Guardian News and Media, debated whether digital is set to wipe out old media.

BBC College of Journalism to partner journalism.co.uk at news:rewired

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The BBC College of Journalism is pleased to partner Journalism.co.uk once again in News:rewired - noise to signal.

This one-day event is aimed at journalists and communications professionals who want to learn more about the latest tools and strategies to filter large datasets, social networks and audience metrics into a clear signal for both the editorial and business side of the news industry.

BBC | BBC College of Journalism Blog - Video: Robert Peston talks business with ...

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The BBC's Business Editor, Robert Peston in conversation with the BBC and Belfast Queen's University, writer in residence, Malachi 0'Doherty.

They discussed the increasing problems in the Republic of Ireland, the banks, the challenges of covering the financial crisis and whether Robert was to blame for it.

BBC College of Journalism - Video: Egypt - What Next?

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The BBC World Editor Jon Williams, the Today programme's Justin Webb, BBC Arabic Online Editor Mohamed Yehia and Dr Hassan Hakimian from the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, took part in this CoJo briefing on Egypt.

They looked at the events leading up to the uprising and accessed 'what next?' for the country and the region.

BBC CoJo Video: Reporting Science

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Professor Colin Blakemore of Oxford University, Fiona Fox, the Director of the Science Media Centre, and the BBC's Environment and Science Correspondent, David Shukman, gave a CoJo masterclass on reporting science.

They analysed some of the most significant science stories of recent years, including MMR, Swine Flu, Climategate and the Large Hadron Collider. The panel looked at what was covered well, where reporting was poor, and gave tips and advice on explaining complicated stories.

BBC CoJo Video: The Changing Nature of Protests

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There were a number of fascinating comments during this CoJo/Frontline Club 'On the Media' event looking at the changing nature of protests. One of the most memorable was when Jacky Rowland, the Al Jazeera English correspondent, said Egypt spring 2011 could be as important for Al Jazeera as the First Gulf War was for CNN.

BBC College of Journalism Event: Investigative Journalism - Dead or Alive?

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Is Wikileaks a one-off? Has investigative journalism died off in Britain, apart from on the BBC and Channel 4? Can it be revived? A half-day Coventry Conversations and BBC College of Journalism conference will be asking all of the above.

Ladies and gentleman, please start your churn engines | Media Standards Trust

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Today we (the Media Standards Trust) are launching churnalism.com, a free independent website that allows people to compare press releases with published news articles – to help identify ‘churnalism’.

Public debate: ‘Too much transparency is bad for society’ - Cojo and Media Stand...

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The BBC College of Journalism, the Media Standards Trust and the science training for journalists programme at the Royal Statistical Society will be holding a public debate on Thursday 3rd March.

The motion for the debate is: Too much transparency is bad for society

Roy Greenslade: How the press greeted Gordon Brown's 'bigot' gaffe | Media | gua...

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It's all over, Gordon - how the press greeted his disastrous 'bigot' gaffe

John Humphrys says we should pay for content on the net | The Sun |Features

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Headlines and Deadlines: This is not a blog post... this is a confession

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"All journalists get asked the "Can I see the copy" question at some point; most news editors will advise trotting out something along the lines of: "I'm sorry, it's against company policy"... But, culturally and professionally, print journalism is undergoing a sea-change, which is sweeping aside long-held tenets."

Creation or aggregation: What is the real added value of today’s journalism?

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"Generating original content, or aggregating someone else's? If you're running (or starting up) a news website, which model should you choose? Actually, this is a trick question... because they're the same thing. In journalism, our "original" content always has been the product of aggregation."

NewsTrust.net - Blog: Bad Journalism News Hunt Results

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"We hosted a News Hunt for Bad Journalism, to identify news reports and opinions with serious flaws -- stories that we found inaccurate, biased, irresponsible or superficial. "

The BBC's self-made problems: Steve Hewlett

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"It's easy to dismiss yesterday's BBC strategy review as a tactical response to short-term political conditions ... (to) appease many of the more vocal of the corporation's critics ... hopefully enough to quell the politicians. There is of course something in all that."

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