BBC News’ journalists converge

BBC’s online journalists have moved into the newly configured BBC Multimedia Newsroom, next to their TV and radio counterparts, and the newsgathering teams who deploy the BBC’s news reporters, BBC News website editor Steve Hermann says.

Last meeting on 7th floor for BBC News website team

Empty BBC News website room

The aim is to enable a better focus on telling stories well in video, audio, stills, graphics and text, and getting the right mix of each for any given story on any platform – whether TV, radio, web, mobiles, interactive TV or digital text.

“We’ve had to blow up BBC News to totally remake it,” says BBC’s Peter Horrocks.

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