<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/blogs/shared/nolsol.xsl"?>

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<channel>

<title>
Sport Editors
 - 
James Porter
</title>
<link>https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/sporteditors/</link>
<description>This blog is where our editors write about our coverage and issues. Here are our tips and house rules. If you have a general question check our FAQs or our broadcast schedule. If you can&apos;t find an answer, e-mail us.</description>
<language>en</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:17:31 +0000</lastBuildDate>
<generator>http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.33-en</generator>
<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> 


<item>
	<title>Sports news at SW19</title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>No Andy Murray, new technology, Greg Rusedski's Wimbledon tour, ticket touts and all topped off with a thrilling win for Tim Henman … the sports news menu from Wimbledon has been as varied as the catering outlets at the site, and that's just in the first two days. </p>

<p>Throughout each day, the sports news team will be trying to strike the balance between unearthing news stories and providing match reports for all of the BBCs many sports news outlets. <br />
</p>]]><![CDATA[<p>Like all other areas of interest, the sports news team pitch their ideas to the output editors who have to weigh up the merits of all the other stories in the world that day and decide what to put in their bulletins. It would be fair to say that competition for space can be quite lively at times!</p>

<p>The presenters and reporters work on the roof of the broadcast centre at our live position with its view across to Number One Court. Before you get a mental image of them clinging on to the side of a pitched roof with one hand while holding the microphone in the other, this particular roof is flat, has grass and flower beds dotted around it and there's even a bar at one end, though clearly no one would be visiting that before they go on air!</p>

<p>We share the roof with other rights holding broadcasters from around the world and it's from there that we present the afternoon and early evening sports news bulletins on <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/">News 24</a>, provide reports for the main <a href="https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/bbcone/">BBC ONE</a> bulletins and sports output on <a href="http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/default.aspx">BBC World</a>. </p>

<p><img alt="Tim Henman enjoys another famous victory on Centre Court" src="https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/sporteditors/henman_438x318.jpg" width="438" height="318" style="float:left;margin:5px 10px 5px 0;"/></p>

<p>Of course we don't just broadcast to a British audience … one of the big challenges for our teams is that they might have to provide a report for News 24 one minute and then for BBC World the next. While viewers to News 24 might be particularly keen to hear about the trials and tribulations of Henman, for our BBC World team it's a complex balancing act between how the top seeds in each draw are doing irrespective of their nationality, as well as considering which part of the world has its peak audience at a particular time.</p>

<p>The production team don't tend to get out into the fresh air too much - our nerve centre is a room off one of the many corridors in the rabbit warren that is the broadcast centre. But it does have the advantage of one wall being almost entirely glass and looking out over Court 14. Squeezed in there will be the producers, the editors with all their kit, and all our computers for writing scripts and finding out the necessary background information … not to mention empty coffee cups  and sandwich wrappers as balanced diets and healthy eating goes out the window for a couple of weeks.</p>

<p>For the early risers amongst you Chris Hollins is spearheading <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/programmes/breakfast/default.stm">BBC Breakfast's</a> coverage and will be live from Wimbledon every weekday, with colleagues from the sports room covering him at the weekends. Breakfast news have four possible presentation positions for Chris, three outside and, of course, the crucial wet weather position which we hope won't be used too often over the next fortnight. Chris will be making sure Breakfast viewers know what happened on the court but is also trying to capture some of what makes this such a special tournament. Watch out for his report on spending the night outside with fans and keep an eye out for some of your favourite faces from the BBC Sport team being dragged out of bed bright and early. </p>

<p>The whole operation takes months to plan. Which office space can we use? How do we dovetail with the sport coverage on BBC ONE and <a href="https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/bbctwo/">TWO</a>? How many reporters do we need? Which cameramen can go where and when? And how do we edit all our different pieces at the same time?! The beauty of sports news is that all those plans can need changing at a moment’s notice, but hopefully however frantic things get behind the scenes you'll get a clear and accurate picture of what's gone on.  <br />
</p>]]></description>
         <dc:creator>James Porter 
James Porter
</dc:creator>
	<link>https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/sporteditors/2007/06/sports_news_at_wimbledon_1.html</link>
	<guid>https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/sporteditors/2007/06/sports_news_at_wimbledon_1.html</guid>
	<category>Tennis</category>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
</item>

<item>
	<title>About James Porter</title>
	<description><![CDATA[<p>I'm Head of Sports News for <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/">BBC Sport</a>, which means I'm responsible our sports news output across <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/default.stm">TV, radio</a> and on our Interactive services. On a good day I get to work with some very creative people covering a range of interesting stories. On a bad day there's a lot of meetings and arguing with news editors over which story deserves inclusion and the right way to do it. </p>

<p>Luckily I'm fortunate enough to work with talented enough people that, in some people's opinion, the output is better when I'm busy in meetings!  I love the unpredictable nature of working in sports news, never knowing what story might happen on a certain day. And because there's always something happening somewhere, the great thing is there's no off season.    </p>]]><![CDATA[<p>I joined the BBC as a trainee news reporter for Local radio and got my first job in sport at <a href="https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/leicester/local_radio/index.shtml">BBC Radio Leicester</a>. When I moved to the radio sportsroom in the early 1990s I got a job as racing producer depsite never having been to a race meeting and then moved to a dream job being in charge of the BBC Radio golf output. I worked with some of the truly great broadcasters like Cliff Morgan and Peter Bromley and was fortunate enough to cover some never to be forgotten stories like the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/video_and_audio/help_guide/4304501.stm">aborted Grand National</a> and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/the_open/824064.stm">Jean Van de Velde's trip into the burn at the 1999 Open</a>. <br />
 <br />
The great thing about my job is that Sport has always been my hobby. From an early age I was always out playing some sport and now that age has caught up with me it's great to be involved in covering sport. The only sadness is the gradual realisation that England captains now tend to be younger than me rather than 20 years older!</p>]]></description>
         <dc:creator>James Porter 
James Porter
</dc:creator>
	<link>https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/sporteditors/2006/05/about_james_porter.html</link>
	<guid>https://bbcbreakingnews.pages.dev/blogs/sporteditors/2006/05/about_james_porter.html</guid>
	<category></category>
	<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 16:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
</item>


</channel>
</rss>

 