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 Type BBC department Industry Broadcast media Headquarters BBC Television Centre (1969–2013) Broadcasting House (2012–), London , England Area served Specific services for United Kingdom and rest of world Key people Fran Unsworth (Director of News & Current Affairs) Mary Hockaday (Head of Newsroom) Huw Edwards (Chief Presenter) Services Radio, internet, and television broadcasts Owner BBC Number of employees 3,500 (2,000 are journalists) Website BBC News BBC News is an operational business division [1] of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. 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. [2] [3] The servi...