BBC Opens Multi-platform Newsroom

BBC Opens Multi-platform Newsroom May 2, 2008

Posted by khengze in Convergence, Journalism, News, Trends.
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The first stage of the BBC’s newsroom integration project is up and running as journalists from the corporation’s television news service began working in a common newsroom with their colleagues from radio and television news bulletins. The Press Gazette reports that this week’s changes are the first phase of the BBC’s effort to integrate its news operation across media.

Journalists from the BBC’s international news channel, BBC World News, and those responsible for the text-based sections of the BBC News website will be brought into the converged newsroom in the coming weeks. The change has reduced the number of newsroom roles significantly. More...