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  • Introducing product experimentation — “it would be nice to test that…”

    Introducing product experimentation — “it would be nice to test that…”

    Introducing experimentation to a product which has previously done none, is exciting, but also challenging. On a smaller or newer site…
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    Ian Rounce
    Feb 9
    The road to automating our Alexa Skills deployments

    The road to automating our Alexa Skills deployments

    Join us on this whistle-stop tour of how we built our Alexa skills for Wireless’ radio content using Amazon’s new Radio Skills Kit.
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    Eli Ezeugoh
    Nov 30, 2020
    Building Main

    Building Main

    A 2 year review
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    Craig Bilner
    Nov 16, 2020
    Introducing smarter bedtime listening with the sleep timer on the Wireless mobile apps.

    Introducing smarter bedtime listening with the sleep timer on the Wireless mobile apps.

    Whether you want to time how much you’re listening to your favourite podcast or just want the app to handle the audio stopping when you’re…
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    Mehul Mandalia
    Oct 12, 2020
    Hacky Fix for Google’s Own Media Player (TalkSPORT & Times Radio — Android)

    Hacky Fix for Google’s Own Media Player (TalkSPORT & Times Radio — Android)

    While working on the new fullscreen player feature for the talkSPORT and Times Radio Android apps, we encountered a very annoying issue…
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    Darach Ronayne
    Sep 4, 2020
    Adventures with metrics in a newsroom — Part 1: Problems

    Adventures with metrics in a newsroom — Part 1: Problems

    Metrics often fail to account for context and uncertainty, and so offer little insight without applying significant time and effort to…
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    Dan Gilbert
    Aug 24, 2020
    A tale of two data warehouses — News UK’s data platform migration to Google Cloud (Part 2)

    A tale of two data warehouses — News UK’s data platform migration to Google Cloud (Part 2)

    Part 2 of News UK’s Data modernisation journey
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    Karthik Ramani
    Aug 17, 2020
    A tale of two data warehouses — NewsUK’s data platform migration to Google Cloud (Part 1)

    A tale of two data warehouses — NewsUK’s data platform migration to Google Cloud (Part 1)

    NewsUK’s data platform migration to BigQuery
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    Karthik Ramani
    Aug 10, 2020
    Business Analysis at News UK — Part 3

    Business Analysis at News UK — Part 3

    Hear from one of our Business Analysts about their journey so far at News UK with advice on how to pursue a career as a BA.
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    Maia Nikolova
    Jun 19, 2020
    Leading from the Middle

    Leading from the Middle

    “If you want people to join you on the other side of the river, build them a bridge to help them cross. Don’t just expect them to jump in…
    Go to the profile of Gill Bennet
    Gill Bennet
    Jun 18, 2020
    Business Analysis at News UK — Part 2

    Business Analysis at News UK — Part 2

    Hear from our Senior Business Analyst, Snigdha Satti about her journey at News UK.
    Go to the profile of Maia Nikolova
    Maia Nikolova
    Jun 12, 2020
    Business Analysis at News UK — Part 1 of 3

    Business Analysis at News UK — Part 1 of 3

    An interview with one of our lead Business Analysts at News UK
    Go to the profile of Maia Nikolova
    Maia Nikolova
    Jun 5, 2020
    Junior Project Managers at News UK

    Junior Project Managers at News UK

    An interview with our Junior Project Managers
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    Umer Ehsan
    May 28, 2020
    Moving to a remote way of working

    Moving to a remote way of working

    In this unprecedented time the ways of working for a large number of people have changed dramatically. Working from home, as common as it…
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    Nainesh Mehta
    Mar 31, 2020
    Working remotely amidst COVID-19

    Working remotely amidst COVID-19

    Amidst this difficult time, maybe COVID-19 becomes a catalyst for driving improved remote working at more companies 🤞
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    Ruan Odendaal
    Mar 23, 2020
    Designing better digital metrics in The Times and The Sunday Times newsrooms

    Designing better digital metrics in The Times and The Sunday Times newsrooms

    How we are using machine learning to reduce the time it takes for our journalists to get meaningful insights
    Go to the profile of Dan Gilbert
    Dan Gilbert
    Jan 22, 2020
    Happy Birthday News UK Bulgaria

    Happy Birthday News UK Bulgaria

    News UK Bulgaria is celebrating its first birthday today. Here’s a look back at the highlights.
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    Valentin Georgiev
    Jan 21, 2020
    How to innovate out of technical debt

    How to innovate out of technical debt

    The importance of automation and continuous integration
    Go to the profile of Nainesh Mehta
    Nainesh Mehta
    Dec 12, 2019
    Improving Quality at The Sun

    Improving Quality at The Sun

    Almost two years ago, shortly after I joined The Sun, we had a bug that was missed by the Engineering team and got deployed to production…
    Go to the profile of Marie Drake
    Marie Drake
    Oct 2, 2019
    Our mission and your journey

    Our mission and your journey

    Our mission is to make News UK a target destination for the best tech talent.
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    Jeremy Burns
    Sep 13, 2019
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