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Charlie Brooker — How To Report The News

By Michael Becker | Published: January 30, 2010
Brilliant decon­struc­tion of tele­vi­sion news, which I learned about from Peter Kafka on MediaMemo. It makes me a lit­tle sad to think that tele­vi­sion news can be so eas­ily skew­ered. I’m pretty sure my ide­al­ized men­tal image of Edward R. Murrow would scowl dis­ap­prov­ingly. However, I har­bor a lit­tle inter­nal, print-centric glee that tele­vi­sion news [...]
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BBC editor notes importance of blogging and community

By Michael Becker | Published: August 29, 2009
BBC news edi­tor Richard Preston deliv­ered the Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival today. In the lec­ture, Preston tells us that blog­ging has become a vital part of the way he does his reporting: For me, the blog is at the core of every­thing I do, it is the bedrock of [...]
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The BBC Guide to Good Shooting

By Michael Becker | Published: May 1, 2009
It’s been a busy Friday, so unfor­tu­nately only one update today. I was able to to go through one of the BBC’s excel­lent tutorial/training courses online, the “Guide to Good Shooting.” I rec­om­mend the course because it pro­vides inter­ac­tive exer­cises to help you fig­ure out some of the specifics of set­ting up good video shots and [...]
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