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:00:25. > :00:30.This week, he asks what was Fiona Welcome to news watch. Later and
:00:30. > :00:36.the programme... The leader of the party...
:00:36. > :00:41.BBC journalists forget the name of the Labour leader.
:00:41. > :00:45.And the importance of staying on the ball at all times.
:00:45. > :00:50.First, the appearance of newsreaders in locations far from
:00:50. > :00:55.their normal studio. Last Friday saw Fiona Bruce then Athens.
:00:55. > :01:00.The world is watching as Greece prepares to vote in her election.
:01:00. > :01:07.Other BBC correspondents were also on the spot covering Greece's
:01:07. > :01:17.election. This led some viewers to question the point of Fiona Bruce's
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:01:30. > :01:35.point of being there. This is what Joining the now from a Coventry
:01:36. > :01:40.City at -- studio are to guests. Bill, did you on a's presence at
:01:40. > :01:45.you connect with the story? No, I am afraid she did not. I got the
:01:45. > :01:50.impression that she was being shipped to end as some eye candy
:01:50. > :01:55.for the majority of the viewing public. I believe that the
:01:55. > :01:59.reporters that you had based their had agreed to a depth of knowledge
:01:59. > :02:06.of the situation, which was of course very important to all of us.
:02:06. > :02:11.Brenda, what did you make of it? agree absolutely. I think Fiona
:02:11. > :02:18.distracted me from concentrating on that the programme, as why was she
:02:18. > :02:21.there? And she was spending time worrying about that! Yes! We have
:02:21. > :02:25.had these people out there for quite some times. They have been
:02:25. > :02:31.reporting, we have been understanding everything, and all
:02:31. > :02:39.the sudden Fiona Bruce pops up. Was she on holiday? What she getting
:02:39. > :02:44.her jollities? No, I do not think that was necessary. Bell, as a
:02:44. > :02:51.licence payer what you think of the cost. It is not a huge cost but
:02:51. > :02:55.inevitably it is extra cost. would like to see perhaps the BBC
:02:55. > :02:59.give us some indication of the actual costs of doing this. I am
:02:59. > :03:04.not for it -- not sure how much sprays travel out there but I am
:03:04. > :03:10.expecting it was not steerage class. I guessed she did not have a night
:03:10. > :03:15.in a budget hotel. It was probably a better establishment in Athens. I
:03:15. > :03:23.cannot see that the cost of that added one iota to the presentation
:03:23. > :03:27.of the programme. I have seen this so many times in the past. I
:03:27. > :03:31.thought it had been avoided and that the BBC were not going to
:03:31. > :03:37.continue to do this so much. But it seems to be very prevalent at the
:03:37. > :03:43.moment. To be fair, she did to do a story which I saw myself with the
:03:43. > :03:47.family of a taxi driver, a human story about what life is like for
:03:47. > :03:57.Greek citizens at the moment. Perhaps she added a bit more than
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:03:58. > :04:02.just standing in front of the news. Not really. You shale a programme
:04:02. > :04:09.that says that when a story is breaking that you have people on
:04:09. > :04:15.the ground. -- trail a programme. So why do you have to ship people
:04:15. > :04:20.in? These people on the ground and have more -- more knowledge. I
:04:20. > :04:27.think it is a waste of money. you find a brief message to the BBC
:04:27. > :04:36.editors? I believe that they should take their a deep consideration of
:04:36. > :04:41.these sorts of views and avoid sending these... These sort of
:04:41. > :04:48.prestige, highly paid news readers who would be well better spent
:04:48. > :04:51.stopping at home and reading the news. Thank you very much.
:04:51. > :05:01.There have been plenty of health stories around this week, including
:05:01. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds
:05:53. > :05:57.one on the news of website are Another health story this week
:05:57. > :06:01.brought a more favourable reaction. If what you think is the critical
:06:01. > :06:11.problem in the way that the NHS treats people with mental illness?
:06:11. > :06:18.
:06:18. > :06:22.I think it is reflected in The BBC launched its very own
:06:22. > :06:28.college of journalism seven years ago, designed to train its own
:06:28. > :06:36.staff and also journalists and made a -- media students elsewhere. On
:06:36. > :06:43.Tuesday any lodged its website. -- its relaunched its website. With me
:06:43. > :06:48.is the editor of the website. Why are you relaunching it and what are
:06:48. > :06:53.you trying to achieve? The existing website had been sitting on some
:06:53. > :06:58.quite old technology and the design and feel and look and tone of the
:06:58. > :07:02.website was quite old fashioned. The content and credibility and
:07:02. > :07:07.authority of that material was terrific, but we needed to move it
:07:07. > :07:12.on to rig platform that was stable and it -- and robust and bring it
:07:12. > :07:16.into that BBC design field, so it looks like the BBC website. Can you
:07:16. > :07:23.trained journalists on line? Isn't there a danger that they go through
:07:23. > :07:27.it in a mechanical way? The website is about informal learning. What we
:07:27. > :07:37.know is that a lot of journalists learnt by chatting to their friends
:07:37. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :07:42.in the newsroom. Asking questions. What we're trying to do with the
:07:42. > :07:48.whips the -- website is replicate that the will and say, here is some
:07:48. > :07:53.useful information, have a look at it at home perhaps and you can find
:07:53. > :07:58.out how it the best of the BBC do their job. But should the BBC
:07:58. > :08:06.licence fee be paying for not just the training of BBC journalists but
:08:06. > :08:11.media students and to journalists on commission? The BBC has a remit
:08:11. > :08:21.to train and share its training across the whole of the industry.
:08:21. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:31.This is exactly what we're trying to do. How much does all this cost?
:08:31. > :08:36.The Academy has a training budget of about �27 million. That covers
:08:36. > :08:40.every bit of training that the BBC does, from health and safety to
:08:40. > :08:45.broadcast engineering, technology, production, journalism... It is a
:08:45. > :08:50.huge responsibility. It seems like a lot of money. Are you good value?
:08:50. > :08:54.I think we are incredible value for what we do within the BBC and I
:08:54. > :08:58.think the BBC has an important role and we recognise that in
:08:58. > :09:04.maintaining certain standards across the whole of the industry.
:09:04. > :09:08.The website itself, outside of the UK, is behind as clubs -- behind a
:09:08. > :09:12.subscription will, so in other countries they are paying to access
:09:12. > :09:17.this material. Members of the audience in the UK who would like
:09:17. > :09:22.to see the sort of issues and values that art hopefully being
:09:22. > :09:30.given it to journalists can look in. Absolutely. I think that is what is
:09:30. > :09:33.fantastic. People can see how the best BBC journalists do their jobs.
:09:33. > :09:38.Insights from Jeremy Paxman, John Humphrys, some of our leading
:09:38. > :09:44.producers. These guys are offering their skills and expertise on this
:09:44. > :09:49.website. Thank you very much. Before we go, despite all the
:09:49. > :09:52.training, BBC journalists have do sometimes get it wrong. Twice
:09:52. > :09:59.before, viewers have spotted the Labour leader being named on air as
:09:59. > :10:02.Des Burke -- David Miliband. This week it happened again. The leader
:10:02. > :10:09.of that Labour Party David Miliband has made an outspoken attack on
:10:09. > :10:19.David Cameron, calling him a tainted Prime Minister. Brian Duffy
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:10:29. > :10:38.Perhaps the presenters of breakfast also need a reminder. Here is
:10:38. > :10:48.Susanna read. He recorded his are bomb at the famous Abbey Road
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:10:53. > :10:59.studios here end... Ought not here Finally, one golden rule of
:10:59. > :11:03.broadcasting, look like you are interested. A joint investigation