Connected Studio

BBC News Labs is an innovation programme for the whole of BBC News.

BBC News Labs is partnered with BBC Connected Studios.

Mission

To drive and promote innovation in News.

Goals

1. Harness BBC talent & creativity to drive Innovation
2. Open new opportunities for Story-driven Journalism
3. Enable- and work towards- Innovation Transfer into Production
4. Drive open standards through News Industry collaboration
5. Raise BBC News’ Profile as an Innovator

Principles

1. Work with industry partners
2. Work together with Production teams - not as a silo'd "innovation unit"
3. Use real data & content
4. Prototype quickly
5. Focus on strategy

Projects & Updates

• News Hack II - May 1st & 2nd 2014
• News Hackathon 2013 – October 17th & 18th 2013
• The News Juicer
• See all projects

The Team

Matt Shearer (Innovation Manager, BBC News Labs)

Jeremy Tarling (Data Architect, BBC News)

Paul Rissen (Data Architect, BBC News)

Peter Rippon (Editor, BBC Online Archive & News Archive)

Viktor Tron (Labs Developer)

Iain Collins (Labs Developer)

Melanie Moeller (Labs Developer)

Karl Sutt (Labs Developer)

Rosario Rascuna (Labs Developer)

Youssef Sefiani (Labs Designer)

Dom Tinley (Business Analyst)

Ryan O'Connor (Creative Director, News)

Miles Bernie (Principle Technologist, BBC Technology, Distribution & Archives)

Richard Lynton-Evans (Technical Architect, BBC News)

Russell Smith (Editorial Development Lead, BBC News)

Nick Marcus (Innovation Lead, Media Management, Archives)

Rob Liddle (Broadcast Journalism Expert)

Matt Haynes (Technical Lead, R&D)

Lauren Moorhouse (Digital Producer)

Basile Simon (Data Journalist)

Michael Ertl (Journalist)

Max Paradiso (Journalist)

Jody-Lan Castle (Journalist and Linked Data Tagging lead)

Mark Langton (Labs Developer)

Supported by the Connected Studio team, and working closely with BBC R&D.