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It is not the enthusiasts’ fault that their projects are now being touted as media which will, depending on the commentator, either save or destroy journalism. They are not to blame. But there is a danger that unless journalists and media organisations start to take grass-roots projects seriously they will again be guilty of responding too late to a paradigm shift in the industry.

One option for the long-awaited strategic review is for the BBC to make fewer programmes in-house, awarding more contracts to independent producers. The move could mean the loss of more than 1,000 production staff from a total head count of 23,000.