Pietro Passarelli

Software Engineer at BBC News Labs
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Biography

Pietro is a web developer in News Labs. He is interested in making tools for journalists as well as new editorial story formats. In particular he gets excited about projects at the intersection of audio/video production and software development. He previously worked in video production as a documentary film-maker.

Projects and blog posts

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Audiogram Generator

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

An interactive news game to give BBC audiences new skills for navigating polarised conversations.
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Digital Paper Edit

Experimental tool that allows producers to create 'rough cuts' of audio and video programmes, working from an automatically generated transcript.

Meet the Team

Alli Shultes

Junior Engineer

Andy Secker

Language Technology Lead

Conor Molumby

Journalist

Dave Bevan

Senior Systems Engineer

David Caswell

Executive Product Manager

Eimi Okuno

Software Engineer

Grant Heinrich

Bot development producer

James Dooley

Software Engineer

Joe Whitwell

Journalist

Jo Kent

Data Architect

Manish Lad

Software Engineering Team Lead

Ngan-Thi Dang

UX Designer

Pietro Passarelli

Software Engineer

Remi Oduyemi

Software Engineer

Robert McKenzie

Editor

Roo Hutton

Senior Software Engineer

Susie Coleman

Senior Software Engineer

Tamsin Green

Senior Engineer

Elsewhere on News Labs

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Salco part 2: Automating our local elections coverage

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Investigating investigations: a #newsHACK for the cutting edge of journalism

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#newsHACK: Storytelling with voice

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