Ben Nuttall

Senior Software Engineer at BBC News Labs
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Biography

Ben has a degree in mathematics and computing. He joined News Labs from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, where he worked for six years doing web & software development, community management and looked after Raspberry Pi computers on the international space station. Ben enjoys programming challenges, plays Sega Mega Drive and PC games, and likes to look after his garden. He's into Python, Linux and all things open source.

Projects and blog posts

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Automated Chapter Links in BBC Sounds and iPlayer with mosromgr

How we built a prototype chapter link service for BBC Sounds and iPlayer
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IDX

Delivering linear output from local radio stations that allows its "best bits" to be effectively re-used/re-purposed in other parts of the BBC, outside the context of its originating programme.
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Live Highlights

Marking key moments in live streams, and surfacing them to audiences within the media player.
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Live Segment Notifications

Alerting BBC audiences to live content about topics they're interested in
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Multilingual Article Tracker (Mat)

Matching translated news articles with the original English-language text.
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Modus

Semi-automatically creating new story modes
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MOS Running Order Manager

Open source Python library for managing TV and radio running orders
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Segmenting broadcast content with The News Slicer

The News Slicer segments and tags BBC TV and radio broadcasts using running orders and transcripts.
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Oriel

Making it easier for journalists to find the best images for stories
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VodSounds

Publishing audio versions of TV shows to BBC Sounds.

Meet the Team

Alicia Grandjean

Senior Software Engineer

Ben Nuttall

Senior Software Engineer

Clare Spencer

Senior Research and Development Producer

Dave Bevan

Senior Systems Engineer

Jack McPoland

Software Engineer

Julie McManus

Senior Software Engineer

Lee Fuller

Software Engineering Manager

Manjiri Carey

News Editor

Marie Rasmussen

UX Designer

Miranda Marcus

Executive Product Manager

Philip Hatcher-Moore

Journalist

Sarah Rainbow

Senior Software Engineer

Sevi Sariisik Tokalac

Senior Research and Development Producer

Tom Francis-Winnington

Senior Software Engineer

Elsewhere on News Labs

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A translation quality assessment by journalists for journalists

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News for All: Delivering value in journalism

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Salco 2023: Making news hyperlocal

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