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Production

Shooting a 60-minute doc on a smartphone by Laura Mulholland

How social media influenced a live radio drama by Laura Taflinger

What’s the best strategy for VR development? by Charles Miller

The Listening Project: A thousand intriguing stories by Marya Burgess

Can you work in TV and look after children? by Charles Miller

Technology

AI at the BBC: Hi-tech hopes and sci-fi fears by Charles Miller

A little coding can take you a long way by Onwah Tsang

Camcorder or DSLR: time to think again? by Nick Skinner

Immersing yourself in new storytelling technologies by Laura Taflinger

Tips and guides

Seven tips for editing smartphone footage by Dougal Shaw

Ten apps to improve your smartphone videos by Marc Settle

How to save online evidence and why it matters by Paul Myers

Local data journalism: Five tips by Damian Radcliffe

Ethics

Mental health at work by Matthew Shaw

A year of safeguarding, patience and rich rewards by Cathy Loughran

Why female role models in the newsroom matter by Nabihah Parkar

Has the ‘Goldwater Rule’ been Trumped? by Stuart Hughes

International

Working towards a standard Pidgin by Najiba Kasraee

How has social media changed in the Middle East? by Damian Radcliffe

What’s God in Bengali? A journalist’s balancing act by Najiba Kasraee

How we reported on Indian women after acid attacks by Naomi Grimley

Journalism in practice

It’s easier to get vox pops for a mobile journalist by Panu Karhunen

Apple v Android for journalists: Time to think again? by Nick Garnett

Political reporting on Snapchat? Just don’t try to be too ‘cool’ by Dino Sofos

Fake news: CrossCheck debunks false election reporting by Cathy Loughran

Also from the BBC Academy

Web analytics: The Basics by BBC digital consultant Esra Dogramaci

Leading innovation in news by BBC News director of digital publishing James Montgomery

Writing for mobile by BBC mobile editor Nathalie Malinarich

How to be a digital innovator by Mukul Devichand, creator and series producer of BBC Trending

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