Laura Harrison

#BJRP Gig in Ryan’s Bar, Stoke Newington

September 4, 2015MusicBJRP, Gigs, Laura Harrison, London, Matt Farrar, Paul Wakely, Steve Alderton, Stoke NewingtonMatt Shearer

Great gig from BJRP – the Bon Jovi Response Plan* – at Ryan’s Bar in Stoke Newington.

Rehearsal with #BJRP

April 15, 2015Bands, MusicBJRP, Drums, Kings Cross, Laura Harrison, London, Paul Wakely, Steve Alderton, Sweet Jane, The Joint Rehearsal StudioMatt Shearer

In Matt Farrar’s absence, I stood in on drums for a BJRP Rehearsal. Great fun – ups and downs, light and shade, and some forgetting of the tunes

Nairobi #newsHACK: BBC Connected Studio World Service Africa

February 4, 2015Achievements, BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, Collaboration Work, Speaking Appearences, Stage Appearences#newsHACK, Andy Poulton, BBG, Cynara Vetch, Dmitry Shishkin, iHub, Innovation, Josiah Mugambi, Kenya, Laura Harrison, Mark Flashman, Mary Lusiba, Miriam Quansah, Nairobi, Nairobi Garage, Peter Horrocks, Richard Caller, Sheng, University of NairobiMatt Shearer

This event, in Nairobi Garage, was a hack event held by BBC News Labs and Connected Studio to prototype & launch new pilot News services that will reach young African females.

Working at the BBC East Africa Bureaux – Nairobi, Kenya

February 2, 2015BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, TravelAfrica, BBC East Africa Bureaux, Jonathan Chapman, Kenya, Laura Harrison, Mary Lusiba, Miriam Quansah, Nairobi, Richard CallerMatt Shearer

Last Friday, and today, we have been working from the BBC East Africa Bureaux in Nairobi. Lovely office and charming staff.

Remote working at Lake Nakuru – Great Rift Valley, Kenya

February 1, 2015BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, TravelAfrica, Andy Poulton, Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Lake Nakuru, Laura Harrison, Lynsey Smith, Mark Flashman, National Park, Richard Caller, Safari, Sam KomboMatt Shearer

In the run-up to the Nairobi #newsHACK, we spent the day today working on strategy and preparation in the wonderful surrounds of Lake Nakuru National Park.

Remote working at Cafe Ubuntu – Maai Mahiu, Kenya

January 31, 2015BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, Collaboration Work, TravelAfrica, Cafe Ubuntu, Great Cafes, Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Laura Harrison, Maai Mahiu, Mark Flashman, Richard Caller, Sam KomboMatt Shearer

Today we spent at Cafe Ubuntu in Maai Mahiu working on BBC News Labs strategy, and on preparation for the Nairobi Connected Studio #newsHACK event.

Nairobi Connected Studio #newsHACK – Tech Briefing

January 29, 2015BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, Collaboration Work, Stage Appearences, Travel#newsHACK, Africa, Cynara Vetch, iHub, Josiah Mugambi, Kenya, Laura Harrison, Nairobi, Richard CallerMatt Shearer

We just ran the Tech Briefing for the “Connected Studio: World Service – Africa” event, at the iHub in Nairobi. This covered Juicer, Content API, FrontLine SMS, and WeChat.

#newsHACK III – Language Technologies Hack – Tower Bridge

December 17, 2014Achievements, BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, Broadcasters, Collaboration Work, News Organisations, Rapid Prototyping, Stage Appearences#newsHACK, Catherine Boggan, Chris Ambrose, Deutsche Welle, Dmitry Shishkin, Hackathon, Innovation, James Montgomery, Journalism, Journalism as Data, Language Technologies, Laura Harrison, London, Mark Flashman, Rainmaking Loft, Robin Cramp, Susanne Weber, Tower BridgeMatt Shearer

#newsHACK III – Language Technology was a 2 day hack event in London focussed on “Multilingual Automated News Services of the Future”.

#newsHACK 2 “Dublin Branch” – Team & Photos

May 3, 2014BBC Connected Studio, BBC News, BBC News Labs, Broadcasters, Collaboration Work, News Organisations, Rapid Prototyping, Stage Appearences#newsHACK, BBC News Labs Partners, Catherine Boggan, Dublin, Financial Times, Hackathon, Harry Robbins, Ireland, Irish Independent, Kate Coughlan, Laura Harrison, Laure Nouraout, Lauren Moorhouse, Melanie Moeller, Michael Satterthwaite, Miles Bernie, News Labs APIs, News Storyline Ontology, Paul Wilton, Peter Rippon, Rob Liddle, Russell Smith, SKY NEWS, Storyful, The TimesMatt Shearer

Great event in Dublin & Glasgow – will add more soon. – see #newsHACK hashtag for updates, and #newsHACK website.

#newsHACK 2013 – BBC News Labs Hackathon with Connected Studio

October 20, 2013Achievements, At BBC, BBC Connected Studio, BBC News Labs, News Organisations, Rapid Prototyping, Video Appearences#newsHACK, Anthony Sullivan, BBC News Labs Partners, Christina Scott, Financial Times, Hackathon, Harry Robbins, Innovation, Jeremy Tarling, Laura Harrison, London, News Labs APIs, News Storyline Ontology, Nic Newman, Paul Wilton, Peter Rippon, Robin Cramp, shoreditch, SKY NEWS, Steve Alderton, The Guardian, The Juicer, The Times, Viktor TronMatt Shearer

On October 17th & 18th 2013, BBC News Labs in partnership with BBC Connected Studio, put on a 48 hour News Industry Hackathon called #newsHACK with 10 News Organisations and 6 Universities. BBC News Labs brought The Juicer, with our News Labs APIs, and a Storyline authoring tool called Storyliner by Outlandish.com for teams to … Continue reading #newsHACK 2013 – BBC News Labs Hackathon with Connected Studio →