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Don't blame the pyramid, blame the pharaohs.

BBC Radio 4 have a new series starting this week aimed at "giving you the tools to decode the news." How to read the news" was a good listen. But it did rub against some things about journalism that I find quite frustrating.

The BBC, Local democracy, hyperlocal and journalism.

I spent the afternoon in Birmingham at the BBC finding out more about their Local Democracy Reporters scheme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-nma-partnership]. It’s a project I’ve been keeping an eye on for a number of reasons. The promise of 150 new jobs in

Is the BBC really a useful benchmark for online journalism?

his semester my Monday mornings are spend in the company of our Foundation Degree students and this morning I was talking about Online [http://www.bbc.co.uk] writing. I spent a bit of time talking about headlines and how important they are in the digital world. They’re not