Laura Ellis

Director

Laura Ellis is the BBC’s Head of Technology Forecasting, working in the corporation’s Research and Development team. A technologist and journalist who specialises in machine learning, disinformation, and data, she focuses on ensuring the BBC is best placed to take advantage of new and emerging technology. Laura has worked on news teams in radio, TV, and online and led two regional news and current affairs teams thorough significant technology change, establishing the BBC’s first end-to-end digital newsroom.

Laura is married with a grown-up son and lives on the Kent/Surrey border with Eddie, her husky/German Shepherd cross. In her spare time, she enjoys running, reading and learning Mandarin.