Presenter loves technology

BBC World Service presenter Dan Damon said this on his BBC profile:

“I get most excited using new technology to produce live radio from hostile situations. Be it a roof in Gaza blasted by desert winds, using a slow mobile phone link to read scripts in an Istanbul mosque or propping a satellite dish on a car roof so Mexican voters give their views uncensored. ”

It echoes a lot of what we were saying in our presentation: that technology’s an empowering factor in journalism. Although I suppose you still have to think about the implications of non-responsible journalists having the same access to technology.
Its the same old ‘who regulates it’ question.

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Journalist Magazine

It is interesting to see that, as a test, the NUJ’s Journalist magazine is only going to be available in an online edition next month.

From the NUJ website:

The experiment is a chance to see which format members prefer, an announcement in this month’s edition explained.

But this is also a cost-saving strategy, as, according to the union, postage and packaging account for 60 per cent of the cost of the Journalist, which costs the NUJ in excess of £200,000 a year to produce.

It’s really interesting to see how things are adapting to the new media environment. However, as they’ve highlighted, this could just be a cost saving move.

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