The future of journalism, BBC style
From the BBC’s Future of Journalism conference, via Paul Bradsaw:
Head of BBC Newsroom Peter Horrocks spent most of his session fielding questions from employees concerned about how their particular corner of the corporation would be affected by multimedia newsrooms. That aside, general themes from his presentation and responses to questions included:
- a need for a broader range of skills, such as information design and software development
- While strong single-platform performers will be encouraged to continue doing well on that platform, everyone else will be encouraged to work across platforms
The same will be important in newsrooms here as well. Don’t forget: even as we talk of a broad skill set the elemental foundation of quality journalism remains just as important.
