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Snr dev @BBC_News_Labs. All views are my own.

[lei he @leihe101]

OMG! BBC Interactive News(aka Skippy) on Alexa went LIVE this morning🎉.

📣 ”Alexa, give me BBC news.”

Can’t believe the idea we had at the hack was turned into a real BBC product. It was a great collaboration with @BBC_News_Labs, @BBCRD IRFS and BBC CPS to start off.

[lei he @leihe101]

This is epic! Well done team 🎉 The story is very easy to read with visuals and short text. And... it’s created automatically! 👀 If you’re intrigued, have a read about how these stories are created: https://t.co/mFZvh3OkMA

[BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs]

Today colleagues in @bbchealth posted their first ever graphical story, created automatically using our Graphical Storytelling prototype.

Experience the story on ‘Long Covid’ here:
https://t.co/pM1KThZ4Yh

[BBC Research & Development @BBCRD]

BBC R&D Explains is a series where our researchers and engineers discuss what they're working on and explain why it matters.
Emma talks to Matt about StoryFormer - our tool to make personalised and interactive experiences.
Want to know more? Watch in full: https://t.co/CIj54ZqIJG

[BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs]

"Is there success in bridging the gap between journalists and those who work in research and development?"

Jamie Angus (@grvlx001), Director of BBC World Service Group, shows how our work in News Labs answers this @LordsCommsCom question.

[lei he @leihe101]

And... we're also up for a Webby Award and we’re currently second place in the People's Voice vote. If you could cast your vote for us, that’d be MUCH appreciated♥️Voting closes on 🚨TODAY🚨 so get in there quick! https://t.co/ZappXKYQCP👉BBC News on smart speakers

[lei he @leihe101]

As promised, I've shared the journey of how BBC Interactive News on Alexa was born and all the valuable learnings along the way, from hacking a prototype to launching a product. If you haven't tried it, please give it a go:
📣”Alexa, give me BBC news.”

[lei he @leihe101]

As promised, I've shared the journey of how BBC Interactive News on Alexa was born and all the valuable learnings along the way, from hacking a prototype to launching a product. If you haven't tried it, please give it a go:
📣”Alexa, give me BBC news.”

[BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs]

Read the story of one of our most successful prototypes, from the Software Developer who was there from the beginning.

@leihe101 gives her personal account of the creation of interactive news for smart speakers.

https://t.co/3nRYlUbYtE

[lei he @leihe101]

@viewmagazine I feel very flattered 🙏

[lei he @leihe101]

@viewmagazine Thanks David for your compliments and for all your great help and support throughout my journey. It’s much appreciated.

[lei he @leihe101]

@ben_nuttall @Raspberry_Pi @BBC_News_Labs Welcome to the team Ben! Look forward to working with you. See you next week 🙌

[lei he @leihe101]

Very proud of what the team has achieved at this scale. Solid engineering and precise editorial judgement. Truly well done everyone👏👏 @nicerbloke @thisisrooo @alli_shultes92 @Joewhitwell @MolumbyC @__mlad and many more!

[BBC News Labs @BBC_News_Labs]

A huge congratulations to the entire team. Months of work and collaboration came together for us last night - and this morning! #GE2019 https://t.co/9LuIGJDhhz

[BBC News Press Team @BBCNewsPR]

Geeky thread alert. 🤓

A few people have been interested in our announcement that on election night the @BBCNews website will be using semi-automated journalism to write stories on the results for all 650 constituencies in English and 40 in Welsh.

So how does this work? 🤔

[lei he @leihe101]

@alxnorton @cyclestreets @reactjs @Mapbox @UberEng Very cool! Great idea 🚴‍♀️

[lei he @leihe101]

@peligringa Let us know your thoughts😊

[lei he @leihe101]

OMG! BBC Interactive News(aka Skippy) on Alexa went LIVE this morning🎉.

📣 ”Alexa, give me BBC news.”

Can’t believe the idea we had at the hack was turned into a real BBC product. It was a great collaboration with @BBC_News_Labs, @BBCRD IRFS and BBC CPS to start off.

[lei he @leihe101]

@MukulDevichand Thanks @MukulDevichand! This wouldn’t have been possible without you realizing the production value of the initial prototype and putting together such a strong team to support Skippy along the way! Much appreciated. Let’s collaborate more!

[lei he @leihe101]

@mrgrain Thanks my good teacher😆

[lei he @leihe101]

@__philstocker__ @birchos @BBC_News_Labs @BBCRD Thanks Phil! Let’s do more innovation together 🙌

[lei he @leihe101]

@jacqui And thank you @jacqui indeed for holding my hands and taking me on the innovation path in the first place❤️. Absolutely miss the days when we worked together. You always have loads of inspiring ideas💡and we always prototype and test them quickly. Hope you have a great time in🇦🇺

[lei he @leihe101]

@thisisrooo @BBC_News_Labs @BBCRD Thank you for being a great company with🦘along the way❤️

[lei he @leihe101]

Give it a go and let us know your thoughts. Feedback and knowledge sharing welcome🙏

[lei he @leihe101]

This is the original whiteboard where we sketched out the Skippy idea back in 2017 at One Euston Square. It feels to me a 👶 was finally born. Stay tuned for my blog post where I’m going to share more about the birth of Skippy and our process and learnings.