Grant Heinrich

Former News Labs Bot development producer
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Biography

Grant was the bot development producer for BBC News Labs. His work with audiences and new formats focused on two questions: first, how to make complex journalism accessible to laypeople, and second, how can audiences have a say in what is reported, and how it is reported?

Projects and blog posts

07 June 2018

In Our Toolkit: BBC News BotBuilder

Scripting chatbots is hard. Here's how we're making it easier for BBC journalists
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Bots

We're exploring how bots can help the BBC reach new audiences and simplify workflow for our editors and journalists.
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Climate Bot

What's easier to understand? An article, or a series of short explanations delivered over several days?
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The Explainer Builder

An experiment in using a single source of truth for journalists creating explainers.

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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