“Look for brilliance - and then transfer it” - interview with the BBC’s Manager for Online & Informal Learning

What’s the BBC’s approach to training for online journalism? I spoke to Nick Shackleton-Jones, the BBC’s Manager for Online & Informal Learning and lead behind the BBC College of Journalism. (This post first appeared on Paul Bradshaw’s onlinejournalismblog.com.)
What is it you do, and what’s the BBC’s approach to multimedia training, development and learning?

The hyperlocal (and big sport) future of news

I spent an instructive couple of hours in the offices of the Sunderland Echo yesterday talking with their digital editor. It was an excellent opportunity to get inside a changing newsroom, with pressures of integration, industry sales and, even, writing copy.
The paper is an example of both the innovations and challenges of how a successful [...]