Criminal

Team Turness is advertising for an Executive Editor, Forensic Journalism Hub. 

"The newly created unit brings together the BBC’s best analysts, fact-checkers, data specialists and designers from across domestic and global teams with expertise in data journalism, disinformation and the latest Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and verification techniques. The team’s physical location above the newsroom will combine a live broadcasting environment with an operational centre of excellence where we can take the audience through our investigative journey, showing at each step how we verify the information we report."

Amusing to see this new major investment, which could be anywhere, established in London. Have a word, Tim.  And, frankly, very irritating to see such poor use of the word 'forensic'.  Most dictionaries agree; "Forensic" is used to describe the work of scientists who examine evidence in order to help the police solve crimes. It comes from the Latin 'forensis', meaning 'of or before the Forum', the public court in the heart of ancient Rome. A scientist who produces work for a court case is a forensic scientist. 

Its use in this context is misleading and simply pompous.