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Over its 80-year history, the BBC has earned an unmatched, global reputation for its journalism. For the very first time, the learning and development materials created for its journalists are being made available outside the BBC. The BBC College of Journalism website includes hundreds of videos, audio clips, discussion pages, interactive modules, and text pages covering every aspect of TV, radio, and online journalism.
Much of the material features BBC TV reporters and hosts known around the world. The subjects covered range from craft skills (e.e. writing or directing video) to subject briefings on critical events and topics such as climate change and the conflict in the Middle East, to the many ethical issues now facing
journalists. The site is continuously updated, its coverage driven by the practical needs of BBC journalists around the world, as well as current events in the news. The BBC College of Journalism maintains its relevance and realism by being made, primarily, by working journalists.
The editor of the site is Kevin Marsh, a former editor of the BBC's flagship radio program, Today. Kevin has worked on a variety of high-profile BBC News outlets. He has also worked for Independent Television News. He has a permanent staff and is able to draw on the full range of BBC journalists throughout the world.
The site is freely available to UK residents but commercialised outside the UK. This is in line with BBC policy for other online services. UK
residents fund the BBC via a licence fee. Commercialisation outside the UK helps the BBC invest in content while keeping the licence fee as low as possible.
Features include:
--Variety of topics including religion, politics, sport, military and business
--1,700 content pages
--50+ interactive learning resources
--200 videos
--Discussion area is a forum for online discussion of all issues currnetly affecting journalism
--Tutorials provide research material (glossary definitions, short survey articles comparable to reference A-Z entries
--Briefings include factual advice and guides on key subjects in the news with text,
videos, and interactive material
--Skills in the "how to" section, with guides to writing, production, broadcasting and story-finding. Much of the material has been created by the BBC's leading on-air reporters. As well as text, audio and video, there are dozens of interactive exercises covering TV, radio and text-based journalism
--Law covers legal issues facing journalists
--Ethics & Values covers the increasingly important issues of truth and accuracy, impartiality, independence, reporting in the public interest, accountability, and trust
--Glossaries are quick guides designed for busy journalists covering the whole range of learning offered by the College and includes definitions of words related to current
issues
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