Blog posts by year and monthAugust 2018
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"It has brought the best out of me": what it's like being a BBC World Service trainee
Getting that call to say that my application to the Future Voices trainee scheme was the best feeling ever.
BBC News Uzbek: press freedom, progress and Russian influence in Uzbekistan
A lot has changed in Uzbekistan since 2 September 2016, when the country’s president and iron-grip ruler for 27 years, Islam Karimov, died.
Representations of people with dwarfism matter
Writer and activist in the UK dwarfism community, Eugene Grant looks at issues of representation ahead of Richard Butchins' documentary Dwarfs In Art: A New Perspective.
No Pressure, Greg
Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper heaps on the pressure for Greg James, new host of the Radio 1 Breakfast show - one of the most important jobs in the Radio industry.
Round up week 33 (11-17 August)
A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.
BBC World Questions: From Washington to Moscow, Hong Kong to Bogota - staging democratic debates with audiences around the world
Charlie Taylor, Series Producer, BBC World Questions on how the idea of adapting Any Questions for an international radio audience came about.
BBC Ideas six months on
Bethan Jinkinson, Executive Editor BBC Ideas talks about ways BBC Ideas is helping make the time people spend online more meaningful.
BBC iPlayer Highlights 18-24 August 2018
A quick round up of what's new this week on BBC iPlayer, programmes that are about to become unavailable, plus some hidden gems you might have missed.
Why we've established a day to celebrate vocational qualifications
For the first time on mainstream national media, I have set up a day across BBC News to celebrate vocational qualifications. Let me explain why.
Three women on motorbikes across Pakistan: BBC News Urdu On Wheels
Ahead of Pakistan’s recent general election, we saw a rising need to address issues such as human rights, religious minorities and controlling extremism.