Amanda Powell

Students on Cardiff University's postgraduate journalism diplomas were earlier treated to a talk from Amanda Powell, the editor of www.bbc.co.uk/walesnews and www.bbc.co.uk/newyddion.
She talked about exactly how the BBC ensures that it is covering news as it happens, it was very interesting. Apparently a BBC journalist can write the basic story within a very impressive five minutes.
When questioned about where the BBC's news sites are going to be going next Amanda mentioned the use of audio and visual technologies which they're working on incorporating into their sites. This basically means that internet users can watch television reports at any time rather than having to wait until the next news bulletin. This raises interesting issues about what will happen to the television broadcasts and how they will adapt to cope with this change.