Judging at #EditorsLab BBC #newsHACK

Judges

Our esteemed Judges:

  • Robin Pembrooke  -  (Glasgow)
  • Jim Chisholm –  (Glasgow)
  • Evangeline de Bourgoing –   (Glasgow)
  • Peter Rippon  -  (Dublin)
  • Johnny Ryan –  (Dublin)

Technical Advisors

  • Michael Satterthwaite – BBC News Labs (Dublin)
  • Iain Collins – BBC News Labs (Glasgow)

Prize Categories

First Prize Dublin  : Your team gets a place in the GEN finals in Barcelona, and flights and accommodation paid by GEN. NB – this is for a 3-person team*.

First Prize Glasgow : Your team gets a place in the GEN finals in Barcelona, and flights and accommodation paid by GEN. NB – this is for a 3-person team*.

Category Prizes :

At the discretion of the Judges**, there will also be a prize for each of:

  1. Explain the News.
  2. Connect the News.
  3. Theme the News.
  4. Tools for Journalists.

See the Theme and Categories for #newsHACK II for more information on each category.

Judging Process

  1. TIME : Judging will take place between 6pm and 7pm on Friday 2nd May, and will be judged in a joint session across the 2 locations.
  2. REFERENCE : Please ensure your hack and your team are  - this will be used by Judges for reference information.
  3. CRITERIA : The winning hacks will be selected based on the following criteria.

#EditorsLab BBC #newsHACK Judging Criteria:

  1. Editorial Quality : How innovative is the project? How useful to the users will it be?
  2. Design : How user-friendly is the interface? How creative is the design?
  3. Development   : What level of technical expertise does this project demonstrate? How functional is the prototype?
  4. Implementation : Scalability : What is the potential scale of the idea? Vialability : Is it logistically and technically feasible?

Footnotes

* In some GEN events, like this one, teams of more than 3 are permitted. However, the programme final has a strict “3 per team” rule.

**  The participating teams are free to choose their own direction, and this event is all about innovation. As a result of these factors there may not be competitors in all categories. In addition, the Judges reserve the right to create additional categories.