The half-baked idea in BBC News that there's money to be had from 'extra-leg room' continues apace. They're hiring more people for their "In-Depth news analysis editorial team", who will be "responsible for commissioning, editing and curating the sharpest analysis and insights from BBC correspondents and editors in the UK and around the world."
"The senior journalists will work on the planning, editing and production of outstanding content on the stories and issues that matter most to audiences"
There's also to be improved 'design': "As a Senior Digital Designer - Premium News analysis, you will work closely with the newly formed In-Depth news analysis editorial team, and will be responsible for creating beautiful, distinctive digital article content that brings clarity and depth to the burning issues of our time."
And, of course, the design will have to allow ads when readers come via bbc.com. Presumably the licence-fee payer will get all this free. Or have to make do with "Economy".
BBC News, pleeease. I've had a bellyful of the word 'curating'. What's the idea - to make you guys sound like you somehow scientifically sift the news with a jeweller's monocular stuck in one eye? It doesn't. You're journalists: you run on dopamine.
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