BBC News

This article is about the organisation within the BBC. For the television channel, see BBC News (TV channel). For other uses, see BBC News (disambiguation).

BBC News
Company typeDivision
IndustryBroadcast media
Founded14 November 1922; 102 years ago (1922-11-14)
HeadquartersBroadcasting House,
London
Area served
Specific services for United Kingdom and rest of world
Key people
ServicesRadio, internet, and television broadcasts
Number of employees
7,000 (5,500 journalists)[1]
ParentBBC
DivisionsBBC News Online
BBC News (TV Channel)
Websitebbc.co.uk (UK)
bbc.com (global)

BBC News is an operational business division[2] of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage.[3][4] The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output[5] including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed.[6] Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022.[7]

In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019.[8] BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news centres in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. All nations and English regions produce their own local news programmes and other current affairs and sport programmes.

The BBC is a quasi-autonomous corporation authorised by royal charter, making it operationally independent of the government.

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  2. ^ "News Group Senior Management". BBC. December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ^ Boaden, Helen (18 November 2004). "NewsWatch – About BBC News – This is BBC News". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
  4. ^ "Content". Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
  5. ^ "BBC News (TV) Platform - BBC Studios". 10 December 2023. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  6. ^ Herbert J, John (11 February 2013). Practising Global Journalism: Exploring Reporting Issues Worldwide. CRC Press, Chapter 1, Page 24. ISBN 9781136029868. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "A message to staff from Deborah Turness, CEO BBC News and Current Affairs". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Review of BBC news and current affairs" (PDF). Ofcom. 24 October 2019. p. 31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2022.