Basile Simon | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Basile Simon

Basile Simon is a hacker/journalist at BBC News Labs.

“Physical deterioration, outdated formats, publications disappearing, and the relentless advance of technology leave archives vulnerable.”

Legal rigor meets journalistic inquiry to yield groundbreaking investigations

“Ethical considerations will be the compass guiding these partnerships, weaving together the principles of truth, accuracy, and public interest from journalism, the expertise of NGOs, and the commitment to fairness and accountability from legal initiatives.”

Towards supporting criminal accountability

“I eagerly await the large ‘merchants of truth,’ news organizations that trade on their production of accurate records, marketing their ability to establish provenance and unbroken integrity, from capture to their client’s screen.”

Graphics, unite

“Traditional narratives assume that publishing online and in print require different workflows, file formats, and so on. But do they?”

We need better career paths for news nerds

“Developers and programmers seem to agonize in similar ways over being promoted away from what they do best — writing code and building things.”

Love thy reader, securely

“Mass surveillance, interception, and metadata collection is all around the Internet, and HTTPS is the first step we must take to make our readers feel secure.”