THE MULTIMEDIA NEWSROOM

On TV, on radio, online

Two centres into one…

The ambition…

• TV• Radio• Online

• Global• National• Local

The ambition…

• More than “lift + shift”…

Joining up our journalism…

The newsroom

• 334 workstations

Radio…

• World Service Radio

(English)

• UK radio news

• Language services on floor 5

Television news

•BBC World

•News Channel

•BBC-1 bulletins

Online + On demand

•BBC World website

•UK News website

•Social media + UGC

•On demand

The newsdesk

• How does one newsdesk serve all this?

The newsdesk

• Communication

• Seat intake and output close together

• Seat key decision makers close together

The newsdesk

• An integrated newsdesk

• Language services

• BBC Monitoring

• Social media + stills

The newsdesk

TV

Bulle

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NewsChannel

World +Channel

Ops

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World + Channel

Radio +

Online

Regions Liaison

Satellite

Radio 5

Live

Video IntakeSatellite

RADIO

VideoIntake

RADIO

TVBu

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News Channel

TV Bulletins

Stills

TV Bulletins

LANG

SERV

ICES

LANG

SERV

ICESCameras

+ SNGs

Sat Desk

NewswireOutput

IntakeN’wire/Traffic

RadioBulls

6/10

UK Online

NewsChannel

NewswirePic Prods

WTV

WorldOnline

WSR

SocialMedia

NEWSDESK LAYOUT

Cameras

+ SNG

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EDIT

OR

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The output

• Output teams located between the newsdesk and studio gallery

• News Channel and BBC-1 studio close to production teams

The output

Planning

• Multimedia planning teams

• UK and worldwide co-located

• Finance, visas, travel,

Operations

The building is a studio…

Disadvantages

• Parking in central London

• Operational vehicles based elsewhere

Any Questions?