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BBC News Labs

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Driving innovation for BBC News.

This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse. You can read more about this experiment at https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

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BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Jun 13, 2024

We're looking for two journalists to join our Cardiff-based team in News Labs, bringing ideas of how we can better deliver news to audiences, and help BBC journalists with innovation in the newsroom. https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Cardiff-Journalist%2C-News-Labs-CF10-1FT/795605902/

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · May 29, 2024

Does showing media provenance — how it's made and verified — help build trust in news? We’ve been researching how #C2PA information affects audiences’ confidence in BBC images and videos, and what level of #contentcredentials are most useful... https://www.bbc.co.uk/rdnewslabs/news/does-provenance-build-trust

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Mar 05, 2024

Replying to @edsu@social.coop

@edsu@social.coop @LonM@social.vivaldi.net @BBCRD@social.bbc this is currently a limited trial to see how well it works. There's more information here https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-03-c2pa-verification-news-journalism-credentials and here https://www.bbcnewslabs.co.uk/news/2024/content-credentials/

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Mar 05, 2024

Our audiences deserve to know not just what we know, but how we know it. Using the #C2PA standard, BBC News is leading the way with a brand new feature to securely show how how we check and verify the material we use. Read more here: https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/news/2024/content-credentials/

#news #journalism #disinformation #misinformation #technology

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Mar 05, 2024

@losttourist@social.chatty.monster @BBCRD@social.bbc I think we're planning to publish some more information soon...

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! (@losttourist@social.chatty.monster) - Chatty Fediverse Monsters

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Jan 03, 2024

How would commercial translation and transcription models perform when faced with genuine news content, exacting journalists and the pressing demands of a newsroom? We devised a quality assessment to help BBC journalists decide.

https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/news/2023/multilingual-assessment/

#machinetranslation #newsinnovation #journalism

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Jan 02, 2024

Here's Miranda on what BBC News Labs did in 2023, and what we'll be thinking about in 2024. https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/news/2023/year-in-innovation/
#newsinnovation #journalism #mediainnovation

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Oct 17, 2023

Our latest guest post by Media Cymru fellow Shirish Kulkarni explores the cultural changes needed in journalism, and how we can give audiences more value by finding ways to tell different stories, in different ways

https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/news/2023/2023-10-news-for-all/

#innovation #media #journalism

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Oct 02, 2023

It can be difficult to search the register where MPs list the gifts they receive.

A #JournalismAI fellowship collaboration between editorial and technology teams at the BBC and The Times is trying to fix this with #GenerativeAI.

https://www.journalismai.info/blog/mp-interests-tracker-utilising-genai-for-uncovering-insights-in-the-uk-register-of-financial-interest

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Sep 26, 2023

@hobbitswife@mastodon.me.uk just busy making things, sorry!

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Aug 16, 2023

We built a tool for marking highlights on BBC iPlayer content and it's since been used for Eurovision, Glastonbury, Springwatch, Wimbledon and on BBC News live pages. Read more at https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/projects/live-highlights/ #tv #technology #innovation

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Aug 01, 2023

Replying to @greg@clar.ke

@greg@clar.ke we're hoping more accounts will come on board at some point, but can't guarantee it yet

BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Jul 31, 2023

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BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc · Jul 31, 2023

Hi, we are BBC News Labs #introduction

We’re charged with driving innovation for BBC News. Our team of technologists and journalists explore how new tools and formats affect how news is found and reported.

You can find out more at https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/ and we’ll be posting here about our work

This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse.

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