Journalism and Silicon Valley: the changing relationship between the news industry and social platforms. There is no more intriguing or important commercial relationship in journalism today than th...
Trushar Barot
Trushar Barot is the Mobile Editor for BBC World Service. His remit covers developing new mobile formats, in-house news apps, digital circumvention initiatives and leading on strategy for all of BBC News on instant messaging platforms - or 'chat apps'.
He has over 20 years of experience working in the British media across newspapers, radio, TV, online and digital. He was previously the Assistant Editor at the UGC and Social Media hub in the BBC newsroom.
Messaging apps and Chatapps like Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Viber, and WeChat are soaring in popularity. This shift means that increasingly, valuable eyewitness media is being shared on...
According to a Reuters Institute for Journalism report published in January, 79% of digital leaders say they will invest more in online news video this year than they did last year. As video operat...