Audio on the blog
As I hope you've noticed by now, I've started posting bits of audio on this blog. I thought perhaps I should explain why.
Nearly everything I write here originates in something we've broadcast either on The World Tonight or on Newshour. So it seems to make sense, now that the technology exists, to give you the opportunity to hear the original material. It is, in BBC-speak, "multi-platform content delivery", in other words, you get a chance to sample our programming not only on the radio, or via iPlayer (UK listeners only, I'm afraid) or the website, but also via this blog.
I have the impression that most of you are not regular listeners to our radio output. Am I right? Do you find it useful to be able to hear bits of radio with the click of a computer mouse, even if you don't have the time or inclination to listen to a whole news programme? I'd welcome your feedback, because we're experimenting with many different ways of reaching out to listeners - and if this is useful, I'll happily do more of it.
(Apologies to those of you who read this blog on Facebook. I have not yet managed to find a way of exporting the audio to Facebook - but you can access it by clicking on "View original post".)
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I used to listen to the BBC on short wave.
Although I do stream Newshour, Forum and, sometimes, World Today,
my custom is to get the news from the text reports the BBC provides.
(May I point out that NEWSHOUR has, for 48 hours, been offering only the news from the 22nd?)
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Robin, I am a great fan of YouTube. I find it entertaining but more importantly, there is important stuff on YouTube for different points of view not normally accessible. I am also making good use of the educational lectures available from top institutions like MIT, Yale, UC Berkeley, etc. With lots of time on my hands as a retired person, I have been relearning many of the college courses that I failed to learn as thoroughly as I would have liked to such as calculus, physics, engineering. Your audio clips will be welcome to me, for similar reasons.
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Robin,
Audio on the blog is OK (ish), but if a response requires a careful analysis of the language used then text is a better format.
Video or still images may be worth a 1000 words but the precision of language conveys a more analytically precise view.
PS my PC's speakers are nearly always off as I find the extraneous noises distracting when writing.
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I can say that this is an good added feature to your blog Robin. I usually look forward to hearing the actual material. It kinda speaks the authenticity and originality of the topic. Just my thought though.
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