in this context digital means combining more broadcast journalist and online roles.
there’s a lot of focus here on the on-screen talent but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. i’m really sad to see the loss of the BBC England hub in Birmingham for example, as that was a great way of coordinating online innovation across the regions. individual regions were already struggling with the capacity to make best use of their online estate (live pages etc) and that will only be compounded now.
Simon McCoy hit the nail on the head. This pandemic has shown without doubt how essential regional news is to the country,
Has it though ? It's certainly had a comforting human emphatic tone, but then so has The One Show (and nothing wrong with that )
I'm struggling to think of any meaningful info and data from either my regional BBC or ITV programmes that has been of use during lock down.
By definition if your activities are restricted to just a couple of miles max from your home, the large size of a TV region and just 30 mins of airtime then regional TV news isn't likely to be of frequent use during the sort of crisis we've been in ?
I think most of us said too that during the initial lockdown at least most coverage was virtually identical to national coverage just with local place names. Indeed it is probably now with the prospect of local lockdowns and the reality of mass redundancies that local news is more important.
in this context digital means combining more broadcast journalist and online roles.
there’s a lot of focus here on the on-screen talent but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. i’m really sad to see the loss of the BBC England hub in Birmingham for example, as that was a great way of coordinating online innovation across the regions. individual regions were already struggling with the capacity to make best use of their online estate (live pages etc) and that will only be compounded now.
Losing the Birmingham online hub will be a very big blow to the BBC News website - as you say, there simply isn't the staffing/expertise in the regional centres and a lot of experienced staff will be lost too. It does seem a very odd decision as a lot of that work will simply be done in London instead.
The madness of this is beyond comprehension. I foresee a massive backlash over this from staffers and viewers alike and probably another embarrassing U Turn from the idiotic decision makers at the BBC.
Simon McCoy hit the nail on the head. This pandemic has shown without doubt how essential regional news is to the country, slashing such a huge number of people and making such drastic changes just doesn’t add up.
Pathetic!
I do wonder how the BBC made the choice. It is known that the BBC "luvvies" are within the major cities. Outside of there, the BBC among the general population is seen as either tolerable or totally hated. Some people of course are luvvies too outside of London etc.
With this in mind, it seems somewhat backwards for the BBC to cut the services which could be used to increase support for themselves and make people see why the BBC is important. Instead they seem to be cutting them? If you want to cut anywhere, cut London. Unless the BBC plans to redistribute part of the London BBC across the country, and they will then use this as a basis to increase support. On the other hand they may have decided that the regions are a lost cause and are preparing for privatisation in the long run by ensuring the regions etc are profitable and can be sold if needed. Perhaps the last part is off the wall but you have to wonder what is going on.
But the cuts are affecting London too. BBC News also announced a separate round of 450 job losses back in January. Together with 150 jobs for the BBC Nations more recently. The huge amount the BBC has to save means nowhere is safe.
But the cuts are affecting London too. BBC News also announced a separate round of 450 job losses back in January. Together with 150 jobs for the BBC Nations more recently. The huge amount the BBC has to save means nowhere is safe.
But it's not many is it compared to the total numbers I don't think. I wonder what the percentage of staff being cut is in comparison to the regions. Is anyone watching going to notice these 450 job losses in London? My point is that those in the regions will notice such and such has disappeared, that a certain regional program is gone, and they will become further dissociated with the BBC.
in this context digital means combining more broadcast journalist and online roles.
there’s a lot of focus here on the on-screen talent but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. i’m really sad to see the loss of the BBC England hub in Birmingham for example, as that was a great way of coordinating online innovation across the regions. individual regions were already struggling with the capacity to make best use of their online estate (live pages etc) and that will only be compounded now.
Losing the Birmingham online hub will be a very big blow to the BBC News website - as you say, there simply isn't the staffing/expertise in the regional centres and a lot of experienced staff will be lost too. It does seem a very odd decision as a lot of that work will simply be done in London instead.
But the cuts are affecting London too. BBC News also announced a separate round of 450 job losses back in January. Together with 150 jobs for the BBC Nations more recently. The huge amount the BBC has to save means nowhere is safe.
...and, of course, London is a region too, which gets conveniently forgotten by plenty of commentators, including those inside the capital.
