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The BBC as a platform? Get ready for APIs from news providers
By offering greater API access, news organisations can also experiment with becoming capable of being platforms themselves, predicts Trushar Barot.
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How 100 women edited their way into the Wikipedia record books, in 15 languages
An idea to increase the number of women listed in Wikipedia grew into an international edit-a-thon for the BBC 100 Women season, adding a record-breaking 400 new female entries.
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Dreaming of your dream job at Radio 1? Passion for music is just the start
For the second year running Sarah Beaumont is producing The BBC Music Sound of… tips list of the music industry’s ones to watch. Helping to spot the next Adele or Sam Smith sounds like a music lover’s dream job, but it takes hard work and a broad skill set too, Sarah says.
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Why this rare child abduction case was a story worth taking apart
The unusual and gripping events following a child kidnapping in Newcastle have been retold on radio and online by BBC Radio 4 and the BBC News website. Andrew Bomford explains why and how the story was given such detailed treatment.
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Making hard-hitting social media content within BBC editorial guidelines
A senior adviser on BBC editorial policy explains how by following simple steps you can produce challenging content for social media.
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Sharks or butterflies in the room, and other ways to augment reality
Leaders in the fast-developing technologies behind augmented reality discuss its potential for the BBC and everyone who owns a smartphone.
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Unforgettable: A new measure of TV programme success
BBC Research has been exploring what makes programmes memorable and has discovered some key factors behind this new measure of programme success. Memorability matters for the BBC in an age when shared viewing is rarer and there's increasing competition for viewers' attention.
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The Listening Project: Unearthing a thousand intriguing life stories
The Listening Project collects stories and conversations, for radio and national archive, that provide glimpses of contemporary lives. We asked a producer at the heart of the project what she listens out for in deciding what will make great radio.
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House of Saud: How to make a documentary series with no help from your contributors
The makers of the BBC Two documentary series House of Saud: A Family at War faced formidable problems. Executive producer Mike Radford explains how the films were made without access to their subjects or permission to film in Saudi Arabia.
