Tom Francis-Winnington

Senior Software Engineer at BBC News Labs
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Biography

Tom previously joined News Labs as part of the BBC Software Engineering graduate scheme back in 2019. During his six month rotation with News Labs he worked on the Salco project for the 2019 general election and built a user testing experience for the BeX project. He returned to take up a permanent Software Engineer role at the beginning of 2022 after spending time in R&D and iPlayer.

Projects and blog posts

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CuPid

Editorial control of news curation for personalisation
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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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Multilingual Article Tracker (Mat)

Matching translated news articles with the original English-language text.
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Salco - Semi-Automated Local Content

Semi-automated local stories about election results, NHS performance and more
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Streaming Transcription

A prototype for transcribing live feeds in real-time, as they happen
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Tell Me More

Contextualising complex news by generating semi-automated explanations

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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