Shared Data Unit
We believe in making our journalism accessible to as many people as possible.
The Shared Data Unit (SDU) strengthens the BBC’s public‑service mission by delivering high‑impact data journalism, uplifting data‑skills across the UK journalism sector, and convening industry‑wide knowledge exchange.
Through investigations, training, events, and partnership‑led collaboration, the SDU extends the BBC’s distinctiveness and public‑value footprint far beyond what any single newsroom could deliver.
The SDU provides reach and plurality, with coverage crossing commercial and public‑service media.
The SDU believes in making its journalism accessible to as many people as possible, and in being transparent and accountable in its reporting. All our data, methodologies and code are published on our website.
The SDU also runs a training programme, which has impacted on the scale and quality of regional data journalism being undertaken across the industry. We help to strengthen local news output by giving journalists the skills to interrogate data and tell stories of importance to their communities.
