https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/ en-us Copyright 2006 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:30:27 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Daily Star yesterday had a memorable headline - "PC Prats cross at TV Fiona crucifix". I imagine the Star had a BBC boss like me in mind as a "PC Prat" - although I'm not angry and certainly not... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/10/crosses_banned.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/10/crosses_banned.html TV news Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:30:27 +0000 We've had a few comments about our coverage of the tragic death of a baby girl in Leicester, after she was mauled by two Rottweiler dogs. Did we vilify Rottweilers? Did we create panic amongst dog owners? I think the... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/post_3.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/post_3.html One O'Clock News Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:15:34 +0000 Richard Hammond appears to be making a good recovery. His doctors are apparently "cautiously optimistic". When news of his accident broke on Wednesday night, details were sketchy. It had an, "oh god, that's awful" factor, and I was in doubt... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/excessive_coverage.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/excessive_coverage.html Breakfast Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:51:41 +0000 Every time we run an item about climate change - which let's face it is quite often - we get a number of complaints about media hysteria. "Oh no! Branson has just pledged 3 billion to fight Global Warming. ANOTHER... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/hoping_for_the_best.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/hoping_for_the_best.html Newsnight Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:02:14 +0000 If you'd been watching BBC World at 23:50 GMT last night, you would have seen a report about the Thai prime minister arriving in London, after flying from the United Nations in New York. Except in Thailand, however. There, just... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/thai_censorship.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/thai_censorship.html BBC World Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:44:17 +0000 BBC News has bureaux in 39 foreign cities - but only in one can we go anywhere, anytime and broadcast live for radio and television using the web. So where is this technological nirvana - Tokyo, Los Angeles, Brussels? The... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/technological_nirvana.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/technological_nirvana.html BBC journalists Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:35:12 +0000 One of the perils of being an editor is the brainstorm - that time when you know the ideas need refreshing, and you ask the team to come together to think up new ways of covering the same situations and... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/little_presenters.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/little_presenters.html Daily Politics Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:31:44 +0000 Should the BBC’s political editor, Nick Robinson, have asked about UK politics during press conferences over the last three days given by Tony Blair with the Israeli, Palestinian and Lebanese leaders? Nick’s questions - used in his reports on TV... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/questioning_mr_blair.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/questioning_mr_blair.html Audiences Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:57:05 +0000 When we asked BBC journalists - a lot of them - what they most wanted the new BBC College of Journalism to do for them, one answer dominated the list: "Make me more confident about the Law". All conscientious journalists... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/understanding_the_law.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/understanding_the_law.html Legal issues Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:07:02 +0000 There are two problems with having your programme attacked by Martin Bell. One is that he's a distinguished former BBC foreign correspondent, so the defence of muttering "what would he know about news programmes anyway" is unavailable. The other is... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/under_attack.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/under_attack.html Six O'Clock News Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:40:31 +0000 There's always been a debate about what is and isn't acceptable on TV news programmes, and now that we have blogs, forums and podcasts it's only getting more complicated. And should Newsnight's on-line persona be exactly the same as that... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/inappropriate_lang.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/09/inappropriate_lang.html Newsnight Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:21:45 +0000 Some blogs, as well as emails we've received, have said that BBC correspondents are failing to report that when covering the war, they are operating under reporting restrictions imposed by Hezbollah. Others complain that we did not refer to Israeli... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/middle_east_restrictions_1.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/middle_east_restrictions_1.html Middle East Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:01:50 +0000 In recent months the Newsnight website has been growing like Leylandii. Podcasts, vodcasts, blog, forum etc. And as result of this rapid organic growth it's become a bit unruly. Some of you aren't impressed. Ian Mc sent us this -... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/redesign_newsnights_website.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/redesign_newsnights_website.html Newsnight Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:25:20 +0000 It's all been pretty confusing for passengers - just exactly what can you take as hand luggage on a plane? So some bright spark on the Six O'Clock News came up with the idea of making our own baggage size... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/checking_hand_luggage.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/checking_hand_luggage.html Six O'Clock News Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:41:13 +0000 If we're not careful, it's going to become something of a theme. Last week the Six O'Clock News ran a piece showing a dangerous game being played by teenagers on a playground roundabout - in which a motorbike engine was... https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/copycat_concerns.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/theeditors/2006/08/copycat_concerns.html Six O'Clock News Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:13:17 +0000