Media News - Monday, December 14, 2009

BBC to offer journalism masterclasses free online

The public will be able to gain online access to masterclasses delivered by some of the BBC's best-known journalists under plans to be announced Monday. BBC executives plan to let licence-fee payers use the corporation's internal training website, which includes thousands of hours of material, as part of a range of partnership agreements. Rival news organisations and broadcasters will also be able to use the material. The BBC claims the website is the most comprehensive of its type in the world. This initiative will be unveiled Monday at the official launch of the BBC Academy, the corporation's dedicated centre of excellence for training in journalism, production, leadership and technology. The BBC will claim the new initiatives are part of an unprecedented strategy to develop partnerships and give wider access to the corporation's training resources and skills to support the wider UK media industry. The website is part of the BBC College of Journalism, which has been running for three years as an internal BBC resource. It teaches basic journalistic skills as well as ethics and values. The site will be available free within the UK, and by subscription elsewhere. (The Guardian)

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