BBC News as a Global Newsgathering Network

BBC News is the BBC’s global newsgathering Across TV Radio and Online Network machine, pumping 120 hours of fresh content every 24 hours into ten TV channels, 40 national radio stations, 27 foreign-language services, and the planet’s most-visited news website. From its central London hub at Broadcasting House and 70 bureaus ranging from Washington to Wuhan 2,500 journalists file simultaneous feeds: a radio two-way for Today, a 4K drone package for BBC One, a TikTok explainer, and a 280-character alert, all before the next bulletin clock ticks over.

A real-time “hub and spokes” system lets a stringer in Nairobi upload video via bonded-cellular backpacks; within minutes the clip is translated, verified by a second source, and pushed to 450 million weekly consumers in 40 languages. Editorial guidelines mandate two corroborations, a senior-editor sign-off, and a “right of reply” protocol, yet the output still beats most wire services on speed. Whether it’s a royal coronation, a central-bank surprise, or a Mars landing, BBC News is the audible heartbeat the world unconsciously syncs its watch to.