Comments on: Give all BBC staff camera phones http://james.cridland.net/blog/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/ Radio futurologist and beer drinker Mon, 21 May 2012 11:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martin Belam http://james.cridland.net/blog/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-270 Martin Belam Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:23:17 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/02/23/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-270 >> Many of those employees are very loyal and willing to help the organisation they work for in any way. One wonders whether, if the BBC was to offer to purchase every employee a higher-quality camera-phone (and a bounty for each photo used), whether that would result in 27,150 ‘photo-journalists’, and thus an unbeatable news capture system. You make a good point here - I still have in my mobile phone programmed the news-desk number and the desk phone numbers of the UK editor and duty editor at news.bbc.co.uk in case I ever have to phone in a story >> Many of those employees are very loyal and willing to help the organisation they work for in any way. One wonders whether, if the BBC was to offer to purchase every employee a higher-quality camera-phone (and a bounty for each photo used), whether that would result in 27,150 ‘photo-journalists’, and thus an unbeatable news capture system.

You make a good point here – I still have in my mobile phone programmed the news-desk number and the desk phone numbers of the UK editor and duty editor at news.bbc.co.uk in case I ever have to phone in a story

]]> By: Martin http://james.cridland.net/blog/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-269 Martin Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:51:45 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/02/23/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-269 Incidentally, this photo was taken by the BBC's Chief Operating Officer, Caroline Thomson - she was later interviewed on the phone on News 24. Incidentally, this photo was taken by the BBC’s Chief Operating Officer, Caroline Thomson – she was later interviewed on the phone on News 24.

]]> By: Frankie Roberto http://james.cridland.net/blog/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-268 Frankie Roberto Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:51:58 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/02/23/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-268 BBC are also very quick to ask for people to send in photos, both on the news and online, which must also get a good response. BBC are also very quick to ask for people to send in photos, both on the news and online, which must also get a good response.

]]> By: commentator http://james.cridland.net/blog/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-267 commentator Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:51:58 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/02/23/give-all-bbc-staff-camera-phones/#comment-267 Only at 23:36 on the bbc coverage did they say that overhead powerlines were no turned off. The ambulance spokesman confirmed that prior to this no attempt had been made to enter or rescue anyone in eight of the nine carriages because the rescue crews would be endangered by the powerlines. Just announced live at 23:43 that power was "switched off one and a half hours ago", and that there are still people who have not been reached. Frankly, I have seen this incompetence from rescuers before. They hang back waiting until perfect safety for themselves, whilst injured people stumble or drag themselves out past that same danger. We need to know exactly the time lapse between the accident and the power switch-off. If it is more than 10 mins, it is in my opinion criminal incompetence. The ambulance spokesman clearly described live powerlines draped across derailed carriages, and rescue crews therefore declining to enter. Confirmed again at 23:48 - only one carriage accessed so far - reconfirmed powerlines were draped, and crews refused to advance. Some indication that they thought they were live for longer than they were. Why do the news sources not home in on such a crucial issue. Similar situations were reported in one of the London tube accidents recently. Rescuers refusing to move forward for hours whilst close to casualties. Only at 23:36 on the bbc coverage did they say that overhead powerlines were no turned off. The ambulance spokesman confirmed that prior to this no attempt had been made to enter or rescue anyone in eight of the nine carriages because the rescue crews would be endangered by the powerlines.

Just announced live at 23:43 that power was “switched off one and a half hours ago”, and that there are still people who have not been reached.

Frankly, I have seen this incompetence from rescuers before. They hang back waiting until perfect safety for themselves, whilst injured people stumble or drag themselves out past that same danger.

We need to know exactly the time lapse between the accident and the power switch-off. If it is more than 10 mins, it is in my opinion criminal incompetence.

The ambulance spokesman clearly described live powerlines draped across derailed carriages, and rescue crews therefore declining to enter.

Confirmed again at 23:48 – only one carriage accessed so far – reconfirmed powerlines were draped, and crews refused to advance. Some indication that they thought they were live for longer than they were.

Why do the news sources not home in on such a crucial issue. Similar situations were reported in one of the London tube accidents recently. Rescuers refusing to move forward for hours whilst close to casualties.

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