We are BBC News Labs

Founded in 2012, BBC News Labs is an innovation incubator charged with driving innovation for BBC News.

By bringing together editorial, design, and technical skills, we explore, prototype, and incubate new ways to tell stories, reach audiences and create cutting edge journalism.

We run projects every quarter to explore how new tools and formats affect how news is found and reported.

On this site, we share insights into our latest projects, research, and ways of working.

Featured projects

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  • Frank

    Translating BBC articles from 40+ languages into English for better visibility and discovery
  • Live Highlights

    Editorial control of news curation for personalisation
  • Audiogram Generator

    A tool for turning audio content into video files that can be shared on social media.

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BBC News Labs

  • News

    Insights into our latest projects and ways of working
  • Projects

    We explore how new tools and formats affect how news is found and reported
  • About

    About BBC News Labs and how you can get involved
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