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About BBC News

BBC News is the biggest broadcast news operation in the world with more than 2,000 journalists and 48 newsgathering bureaux, 41 of which are overseas. It gathers and produces national daily news, business, political and current affairs programmes on BBC television and radio. It is also responsible for the continuous news channels BBC News 24, BBC Parliament, BBC World plus Ceefax and the BBC News website.

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Here's a bit more detail about what we do:

Radio News: Newsbeat on Radio 1, bulletins on 1Xtra's TX, Radio 2 and Radio 3, a wide range of programming for Radio 4 including Today and PM and continuous news for Five Live. We produce news for 6Music. The Radio Newsroom in London also sends news out to local stations around the UK.

TV News: the main news programmes including One O'Clock, Six O'Clock and Ten O'Clock News, Breakfast and Sunday AM, News 24 – the rolling news digital channel, BBC World – the international television news channel, programmes on BBC3 and BBC4. TV News also encompasses The Weather Centre.

Newsgathering: reporters and correspondents both in the UK and overseas bureaux gather news and compile reports for use across all programmes. Newsgathering also encompasses our Business & Economics and UK Specialists units.

News Interactive: produce the News pages for www.bbc.co.uk/news as well as interactive television services and Ceefax.

Political Programmes: based at Millbank, the unit is responsible for Question Time, The Politics Show, The Daily Politics, This Week and coverage of the party conferences.

Current Affairs: produces the award-winning strands Panorama, Correspondent and Working Lunch and a wide range of radio programming including File on 4 and Money Box.

World Service News & Current Affairs: based at Bush House, WSNCA make a wide range of programmes including World Today and Newshour.

News Production Facilities: IT support and engineering supporting all areas across News.

If you're looking for a career in journalism there's no better place to start than the BBC.

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