Guardian / Press Gazette
Unionized BBC journalists are taking part in a second, one-day strike to protest the organization's plans to cut 387 jobs due to government funding cuts. The Guardian reports that another 1,000 journalism jobs could be lost due to a planned merger of BBC News and BBC World Service. Journalists walked out for 24 hours in July, too; that stoppage stopped the BBC from airing some television and radio news programs.

The Wall
Laura Kuenssberg built up more than 60,000 followers of her @BBCLauraK Twitter account as chief political correspondent for the BBC. Then last week, she became the business editor of ITV and renamed her account to @ITVLauraK. Tom Callow at The Wall blog questions whether the BBC should have a claim to retain control of the account:

"Many people, myself included, wanted to follow the updates of the BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent (@BBCLauraK). We might be less interested in updates from the ITV’s Business Editor."

Social media account ownership is complicated by many factors -- who created the account, was it prior to employment, does the name include the media brand, was the account use primarily professional or personal? There's rarely a clear answer unless a news organization and staffer get an agreement in writing, in advance, on what will happen to a specific account when a journalist moves on, which may be something your organization should do. || Earlier: The BBC released a new social media policy, but it doesn't address this issue

The Next Web
The BBC's new "social media guidance" strictly requires a "second pair of eyes" to review any staff social media updates related to news reporting. The policy is far more relaxed when it comes to staffers using personal social media accounts for personal things. For those cases, it simply lists some "considerations," which it summarizes as "don't do anything stupid." But the section about social media messages carried out "in the name of BBC News" includes this paragraph (caps and bold are from the original document):

The golden rule for our core news, programme or genre activity is that whatever is published – on Twitter, Facebook or anywhere else - MUST HAVE A SECOND PAIR OF EYES PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. A second check might well avoid you saying or linking to something unwise which could land you, or the BBC, in trouble. While there's recognition that staffing levels can get in the way of this, especially small teams in overseas offices, every effort should nonetheless be made to ensure this practice is adhered to unless there are urgent live deadlines.

Journalism.co.uk
BBC's reporters in the field will soon be able to file video, photos and audio directly to the network's production system from an iPhone or iPad. Developers are adapting a special app to handle those functions. The BBC also is seeking to license an existing app, Luci Live, to enable reporters to broadcast live from a phone. "It is beginning to be a realistic possibility to use iPhones and other devices for live reporting, and in the end if you've got someone on the scene then you want to be able to use them," Martin Turner, BBC's head of operations for newsgathering, told Journalism.co.uk. || Earlier: 8 must-have iPhone & Android apps for covering breaking news; iPhone 4 offers new tools for journalists

CJR.org
It's "BBC World News America" on PBS, says Ann Cooper. "The show’s coverage of the U.S. is fine -- on a par with what’s produced by American media," she writes. "But that’s not the reason to tune in. No, you want to watch 'BBC World News America' for the foreign report." || Rome Hartman: A new time, place and format for "BBC World News America."

New York Times
The three correspondents say they were beaten with fists and rifles, hooded and subjected to mock executions. David Kirkpatrick reports one of the reporters was able to call the BBC from his hidden phone, and the network successfully pressed the Libyan government for the correspondents’ release after 21 hours. || BBC.co.uk: The correspondents describe what happened.