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Stories by numbers: How BBC News is experimenting with semi-automated journalism
Stories by numbers: How BBC News is experimenting with semi-automated journalism
How can BBC News cover more local stories, and is automatically generating them the answer?
Roo Hutton
Mar 22, 2019
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Nik Rahmel
May 19, 2022
Editorial Innovation in News
Editorial Innovation in News
It is easy to assume that the future of news will be inevitably technical. That assumption is dangerous.
David Caswell
Feb 14, 2019
The challenges of debunking fake news in India
The challenges of debunking fake news in India
Plus, four possible solutions from our latest hackathon.
BBC News Labs
Feb 5, 2019
What user testing taught me about writing news for young people
What user testing taught me about writing news for young people
They might seem pretty obvious, but it’s surprising how often we overlook these nine simple things.
Zoe Murphy
Dec 6, 2018
Beyond 800 words: News formats for personalising and understanding
Beyond 800 words: News formats for personalising and understanding
For every individual there are different needs from news at different times and places.
Tristan Ferne
Nov 20, 2018
Roundup: Hacking automated transcription technologies at Text AV
Roundup: Hacking automated transcription technologies at Text AV
From fact-checking to scrollable video, here’s a look at seven projects from our latest language technology event.
Alli Shultes
Nov 12, 2018
BBC News Labs: Come meet us at MozFest
BBC News Labs: Come meet us at MozFest
Visit us at the Science Fair to see some of our most exciting experiments from 2018
Alli Shultes
Oct 26, 2018
(Re)building use cases for language technology in the newsroom
(Re)building use cases for language technology in the newsroom
5 ideas from our latest #newsHACK with the Summa consortium
Alli Shultes
Oct 22, 2018
Designing chatbots to fight information overload
Designing chatbots to fight information overload
A Google News Lab fellow‘s investigation into categorised news for Facebook Messenger.
Varun B Krishnan
Oct 8, 2018
From university to the world of work
From university to the world of work
Thirteen months as a software engineering apprentice in BBC News Labs
Adam Precious
Oct 8, 2018
Experiments with AMP’s new ‘Stories’ format for news
Experiments with AMP’s new ‘Stories’ format for news
How we built a simple CMS for Google’s newest format — and what its future looks like at the BBC.
Tamsin Green
Sep 17, 2018
Readers ask, but can AI answer?
Readers ask, but can AI answer?
The challenges of using artificial intelligence to answer questions about the news.
Maximilian Droog-Hayes
Sep 10, 2018
Adventures in fuzzy matching with Match of the Day
Adventures in fuzzy matching with Match of the Day
How Google News Lab Fellow Dan Clark discovered that Gary Lineker sticks to his script.
Dan Clark
Aug 6, 2018
Beyond 800 words: prototyping new story formats for news
Beyond 800 words: prototyping new story formats for news
Online news is largely served up as 500 to 800-word articles. We think there might be a better way of doing things.
Tristan Ferne
Jul 18, 2018
Building the news for the next generation
Building the news for the next generation
12 ideas for engaging young audiences from BBC News Labs' most recent industry hackathon.
Alli Shultes
Jul 6, 2018
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