Tuesday
we had a full day of class visits. We started off with a morning visit to BBC,
which the inner broadcaster in me was super excited about of course. Here we
learned all about broadcasting standards in the UK and what the BBC tries to do
differently than other news organizations.
BBC
started out as an English service, but is now produced in 20 different
languages. Mark Frankel of BBC said the hardest part of being a digital-first
news organization is deciding how many outlets you should use. He said, “it’s a
crowded market. How much should you really be doing?” Good question.
Frankel
advised us when we use social media to not throw away good content. He said
many stories can be repackaged for later use, so we should never throw out good
stories because we have already put them out there. He also said the internet
is moving at breakneck speed, so their followers jumped from 2 million to 16.5
million in just 3 years.
Next we
visited the British Library, where I of course freaked out. I have been obsessed
with books since I was little. Here we visited the Treasures of the British
Library collection and saw many famous original works and manuscripts, from
Beatles lyrics scribbled on scraps of paper to the sole surviving manuscript of
Beowulf. Then we toured the Magna Carta exhibit and came face-to-face with it
at the end.
Then we
met up with Catherine Mayer in a park where we sat in the grass and got some
time to pick the brain of an awesome journalist. She was once the editor of
Time, published a book on Prince Charles who she spent six months with to write
the book and started the Women’s Equality Party.
Then we
finished up the day with a ride on the London Eye. One of the best days I have
had.
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