Pietro Passarelli

Former News Labs Software Engineer
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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

Anna Błaziak

Junior Software Engineer

Ben Nuttall

Senior Software Engineer

Chris Nicholson

Senior Software Engineer

Clare Spencer

Journalist

Dave Bevan

Senior Systems Engineer

Faith Ege

Software Engineer

Jack McPoland

Junior Software Engineer

Julie McManus

Senior Software Engineer

Lei He

Senior Software Engineer

Mahmoud Soliman

Senior Software Engineer

Miranda Marcus

Acting Head of News Labs

Rich Wareham

Senior Software Engineer

Sarah Rainbow

Software Engineer

Tamsin Green

Senior Software Engineer

Tom Francis-Winnington

Software Engineer

Zoë Thomas

Graduate Software Engineer

Elsewhere on News Labs

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Can we fix the knowledge management problem in news?

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Local, newsworthy and feel-good - the BBC’s new digital audio bulletins

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