Lindsay McCoy is the Executive Editor of BBC Verify which was launched in May 2023. BBC Verify brings together forensic journalists and expert talent from across the BBC into one team. The team have a range of Open source intelligence capabilities at their fingertips to verify video, fact-check stories, counter disinformation, and analyse data. 

Lindsay was Deputy Editor of the One, Six and Ten o’clock news before joining BBC Verify and worked on the TV bulletins through many general elections and the pandemic.