PDA: BBC to create social media editor role
The BBC is looking to appoint a social media editor to help the corporation better understand how to explore social media and best practice for using it.
The BBC already has members of its team scanning social media for news, Nic Newman, future media and technology controller, confirmed.
Last month the Guardian reported that a ‘radical redesign’ and relaunch of BBC websites is planned for March 2010, with a focus on social media – according to the paper’s sources.
Among the changes outlined were ‘a new homepage and underlying hosting platform’, radical changes to news navigation, commenting facilities on programmes, the launch of the Open iPlayer and new connections to third party platforms.
The BBC, however, denied such a ‘radical overhaul’ to Journalism.co.uk, although it said ‘a refresh of the BBC News site’ will take place in due course – as previously reported.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:21 am
[...] the useful chaff coming through Twitter, discussion forums and blogs, what do news editors do? The BBC is creating a social media editor role as part of a relaunch of its news website, gearing it towards social media news. Nick Newman, the [...]
October 20th, 2009 at 11:49 am
This all feels rather belated, given the bloating and over-saturation of news with the online rantings of the ubiquitous Anyone and Everyone.