Journalism.co.uk
BBC’s reporters in the field will soon be able to file video, photos and audio directly to the network’s production system from an iPhone or iPad. Developers are adapting a special app to handle those functions. The BBC also is seeking to license an existing app, Luci Live, to enable reporters to broadcast live from a phone. “It is beginning to be a realistic possibility to use iPhones and other devices for live reporting, and in the end if you’ve got someone on the scene then you want to be able to use them,” Martin Turner, BBC’s head of operations for newsgathering, told Journalism.co.uk. || Earlier: 8 must-have iPhone & Android apps for covering breaking news; iPhone 4 offers new tools for journalists
Uncategorized
BBC develops iPhone app for its reporters
Support high-integrity, independent journalism that serves truth and democracy. Make a gift to Poynter today. The Poynter Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, and your gift helps us make good journalism better.
Donate
Tags: Backpack journalism/mojo, BBC, Best Practices: Online and Multimedia, Breaking news reporting, iPhone, MediaWire, Mobile, Mobile apps, Top Stories
More News
Houston Landing will shut down by May due to ‘financial challenges’
The Landing launched in June 2023 and has had a rocky two years, weathering unpopular staff firings and the loss of funders
April 15, 2025
Matt Drudge broke the Lewinsky story — and the media gatekeepers
The Drudge Report’s Lewinsky scoop shattered newsroom standards and helped usher in an era of viral, ‘it’s out there’ reporting
April 15, 2025
Spokane’s Spokesman-Review is going nonprofit
In joining a growing wave of nonprofit conversions, the family-owned paper aims to preserve community journalism — and keep it out of corporate hands
April 15, 2025
Opinion | Another day, another Trump target. This time, it was CNN
Trump erupted at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins after she pressed him on a wrongful deportation case and a Supreme Court ruling
April 15, 2025
Opinion | On ABC’s ‘This Week,’ a rare honest answer led to more confusion, not less
Moderator Jonathan Karl pushed for clarity on tariffs and got an answer that left tech leaders scrambling
April 14, 2025