18-07-2022, 11:35 PM
It's a very interesting idea and has got quite a lot of good clips, but one can't also help but feel that it is a little underwhelming and inconsistent. Obviously as a legacy of the original Northern Irish project, Northern Ireland is very comprehensively covered with a lot of major news stories as well as more local, light-hearted stories. But for other parts of the country it just feels a bit thin. I looked up my two home towns - which are both on the larger side of township - and there were only two clips for each. Now obviously I understand that they need to get content for as much of the country as possible, but, as I imagine most people will only be particularly interested in their home town, it just doesn't feel enough in a way.
There also seems to be an absence of major news stories that just seems a little odd. I could understand if it was a purely local news archive, but there is quite a bit from national news (and even a few clips for Newsnight) - just not for big stories. It feels like a missed opportunity as an archive of news bulletins from big news days would be quite an interesting resource. Plus a lot of these bulletins have been already been digitised as part of the related schools project (as well as for Box of Broadcasts).
Apologies, I don't want to be too down on the project, especially as it will have required so much effort. Just hope more can be added.
PS: It is bugging me that the third block of the BBC logo across the entire site is missing about 20%.
There also seems to be an absence of major news stories that just seems a little odd. I could understand if it was a purely local news archive, but there is quite a bit from national news (and even a few clips for Newsnight) - just not for big stories. It feels like a missed opportunity as an archive of news bulletins from big news days would be quite an interesting resource. Plus a lot of these bulletins have been already been digitised as part of the related schools project (as well as for Box of Broadcasts).
Apologies, I don't want to be too down on the project, especially as it will have required so much effort. Just hope more can be added.
PS: It is bugging me that the third block of the BBC logo across the entire site is missing about 20%.