BBC News Labs
When telling big national news stories, can we deliver local digital versions to every town in the UK? What about to every ward? Read more about our latest experiment in semi-automated content generation here https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/news/2023/salco-2023/
Salco 2023: Making news hyperlocal

An experiment in combining multiple data sources with our semi-autonomous content engine to create hyperlocal news stories

Aug 9, 2023 at 8:40amWeb
Show threadSimon HarperAug 9, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs It would be great to have BBC national, World and Local news accounts here on Mastodon too please.
Show threadShayan DoustAug 20, 2023
@simonharper @BBC_News_Labs +1
Show threadRAug 9, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs Although your account drew a lot of attention to it and got a lot of followers, consider adding hashtags to your toots to help with discoverability by topic. 👍👍
Show threadGabriele PollaraAug 9, 2023
@BBC_News_Labs could you feed this hyperlocal news content to a hyperlocal-specific Mastodon account (or any other social media platform), given that the BBC news website doesn't have a means to integrate the output you generate? #BBCnews #mastodon #activitypub #threads #news #local
Show threadBeeAug 9, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs love seeing the BBC dipping toes on Mastodon, would love to see you guys follow the lead of other major news orgs and get off Twitter, where almost every news story is generating hate speech in the replies.

Also this is a cool little tech demo but I reckon your audiences still want local radio and news made by humans!

Show threadDec [{()}]Aug 9, 2023
@bee @BBC_News_Labs
Get off Twitter = stop posting free content on the platform owned by Xpace Xaren.
And stop saying "you can tweet us at.." as part of every sign-off.
Show threadBob HarveyAug 9, 2023

@BBC_News_Labs

@leo, @jeffjarvis

As old newshounds, I thought you would like this (except I think Jeff has blocked me)

#TWiT #TWIThosts #TNW @mikahsargent (who is not an old newshound yet)

Show threadJeff JarvisAug 9, 2023
@BobHarvey @BBC_News_Labs @leo @mikahsargent
No, I have not.
Show threadBob HarveyAug 9, 2023

@jeffjarvis @BBC_News_Labs @leo @mikahsargent

Best news I have had all day!