{"id":826,"date":"2017-05-15T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dublin17.journalists.org\/speaker\/steve-herrmann\/"},"modified":"2017-05-15T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T20:07:08","slug":"steve-herrmann","status":"publish","type":"ona_speaker","link":"https:\/\/dublin17.journalists.org\/speaker\/steve-herrmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Herrmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve heads the editorial operations and output of BBC Monitoring, the media monitoring unit of BBC News which scours freely available media and social media sources around the world to provide news, information and insight to BBC journalists, UK government customers and commercial subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Before this, Steve was Editor of BBC News Online from 2006 to 2016, responsible for the overall digital output of BBC News on desktop website, tablet and mobile, in the UK and internationally. Steve led the BBC\u2019s online coverage of major stories such as the UK general election, the Arab Spring and the Japanese tsunami, bringing live and social newsgathering and reporting to the forefront of the BBC\u2019s digital output. During his time as Editor, BBC News Online won a succession of awards, including a Peabody award and the ONA\u2019s Online Journalism Award for general excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Steve also oversaw the introduction of new digital tools and ways of working to the BBC\u2019s news teams. 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