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Posts on ‘January 3rd, 2006’

BBC Opens History to New Interpretation

BBC: BBC News opens archives to public. The scheme allows people within the UK to watch, download, edit and mix the clips and programming for non-commercial programming.

Too bad it’s only in the United Kingdom. But it’ll be absolutely fascinating to see how people “remix” these clips, creating works that tell old stories in new ways.

Board of Advisors Named

Here’s the initial Board of Advisors for the Center for Citizen Media.

Merrill Brown, national editorial director, News21, a Carnegie-Knight initiative on the future of journalism education; media consultant and founding editor-in-chief, MSNBC
Jonathan Dube, editorial director, CBC.ca; publisher, CyberJournalist.net; columnist, Poynter Institute; membership chair and board member, Online News Association
Richard Edelman, President and CEO, Edelman public [...]