Staggering

As Lord Hall promises to reduce the number of portals to the BBC's online content, BBC News is proud to announce BBC Reel, a new bbc.com portal opening a new window on short videos.

"For the first time ever, Reel brings together in one place the best of the BBC’s world-class digital video content alongside specially made bespoke content, all from the BBC’s unmatched global network of contributors. Reel has already commissioned dozens of original videos from more than 50 filmmakers located in 40 countries."

Dubious ? BBC Reel editor Melissa Hogenboom (MA Psychology, Edinburgh) is gushingly certain. “The strength of BBC videos are their ability to bring the viewer right into the lives of people around the globe. The BBC’s truly global network of correspondents connects viewers to a staggeringly wide range of lived experience, weaving us together in a way that’s uniquely possible through the visually arresting power of video.”

Each day BBC Reel promises to select six of the best. Today, we're offered the important news that covering an actress in gold paint doesn't necessarily kill them. This startling news is presented by Christian Blauvelt (Bachelor of Science Communication, North Western University), who has been deputy editor of BBC Culture for five years. He made this video in July; sadly his talents and cultural insights are now lost to the BBC, as he is joining IndieWire, a US film review site as Managing Editor.