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Matt Cooke (born 1982 in
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) is a British
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who worked for
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reporting for '' BBC London News, BBC Midlands Today'', and presenting ''
60 Seconds ''60 Seconds'' is a short-news programme which ran between shows on BBC Three (and before that BBC Choice). It was broadcast under the BBC News format and branding. The presenters included Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Andy May, Matt Cooke, James Dagw ...
'' on
BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, cur ...
. He now works at Google.


Early life

Matt Cooke was born in
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and grew up in
Guildford, Surrey Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildfo ...
. Graduating from university in 2004, Cooke attended the
University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...
as an undergraduate, then the
London College of Printing The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts. It has approximately ...
to undertake a post-graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism.


Broadcasting career

Cooke joined the
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in 2005 as a researcher at the
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studios, here he worked on the Local Elections programme and the
BBC Parliament BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Select Committees of the British Parliament, the Scottish Parliamen ...
channel. Later that year he joined
BBC London BBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area. Its output includes the daily ''BBC London News'' and weekly '' Sunday Politics'' on television, ...
News as a producer and eventually was deployed as a video journalist. In March 2008, Cooke was chosen to present the relaunched
BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, cur ...
news bulletins. Matt continues to present '60 Seconds' as well as regularly presenting E24, the Entertainment bulletins on the
BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...
Channel. In late 2008, Cooke co-presented ''Your News'' with
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for the
BBC News Channel BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
. In January 2009, Matt Cooke was criticised in ''
The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...
'' for filming pedestrians falling over on icy stairs at
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for BBC London News. Later that same year he was again criticised in ''
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'' for a report on
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's iPhone for BBC Midlands Today. In March 2009, Cooke relocated to the West Midlands to join BBC Midlands Today as a reporter and presenter. He presented the Breakfast, 8pm and Late bulletins on
BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
. He presented ''60 Seconds'' and ''E24'' in London. He returned to report at ' BBC London News' in 2010 until departing the BBC in 2011.


Google career

In 2011, Cooke joined
Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...
where he now leads a global team working with journalists to help strengthen digital skills, collaborate on industry challenges, and support innovation in the newsroom. The News Lab forms part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to work with the news industry to help journalism "thrive in the digital age." During this time he’s led multiple election projects focusing on fact-checking initiatives, data journalism and broadcast partnerships. Matt was the first member of the News Lab outside the U.S, and launched Europe’s first News Lab Fellowship, he was also responsible for partnerships including The Royal Family’s first experiment with interactive livestreams.


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