Rachel Nixon has been appointed director of digital media for CBC News.
She’s a Webby winner!
But appears to have exhausted all possibilities at NowPublic.
Totally with it, there she is on Twitter.
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Recent comments:
- ‘The Strombo Show’ SUCKS – a fair and balanced perspective (195)
- "this still makes me really really angry. all the blah blah about diversity, serving communities, cancon playlists and all that..."
by Anonymous on August 11, 2010 8:22 pm - "A year ago – Aug. 10th, from torontomike.com “George had called to discuss his independent FM … With regards to..."
by Allan on August 11, 2010 7:18 pm
- "this still makes me really really angry. all the blah blah about diversity, serving communities, cancon playlists and all that..."
- Richard Stursberg fired (54)
- "Liberals cut CBC’s funding, Canadians didn’t care. Conservatives cut CBC’s funding (but not enough) and..."
by Anonymous on August 11, 2010 8:22 pm
- "Liberals cut CBC’s funding, Canadians didn’t care. Conservatives cut CBC’s funding (but not enough) and..."
- Hitler learns of Stursberg’s dismissal (20)
- "Do you need a pacifier and a blankie Mr. I can’t take a joke because I’m so, so, so offended ?"
by PoonGirl on August 11, 2010 6:20 pm - "FYI, any instance of a Downfall meme is considered pre-Godwinned. This was a particularly good example though, especially the..."
by Kev on August 11, 2010 11:27 am - "I agree, Hitler jokes are offensive. He was evil and wrong, as are the words that Ouimet has put in his mouth in the..."
by Mary Soderstrom on August 11, 2010 10:41 am
- "Do you need a pacifier and a blankie Mr. I can’t take a joke because I’m so, so, so offended ?"
- The Utter Boredom and Bullshit of Jian Ghomeshi (71)
- "Thank you for reading. The post is a bit long and even a bit strange. This is a reaction to spending a couple hours watching Jian..."
by Allan on August 11, 2010 5:58 pm - "This is a long opinion piece, and given how it keeps hammering away at certain points, it starts to come across as a..."
by Dave in Vancouver on August 11, 2010 5:32 pm
- "Thank you for reading. The post is a bit long and even a bit strange. This is a reaction to spending a couple hours watching Jian..."
- Do you think Jian tweets because he is lonely? (665)
- "Hey Jian! Would you mind not laughing at the Filipino slum people while Lights is filming herself trying to look sad!"
by ^^^^^^^^ on August 11, 2010 11:55 am - "Is this guy Jian? He seems to be enjoying himself a little too much during what’s supposed to be a sombre photo op for..."
by Yuk Yuks on August 11, 2010 11:45 am - "If you pause the video at the 3 second mark, you can see Lite’s personal photographer. Yeah, she’s not doing this..."
by Photo Op on August 11, 2010 11:11 am - "Maybe he’s holding the camera?"
by Anonymous on August 11, 2010 10:58 am - "Seriously, why wasn’t Jian in that video? He claims to be over there with Lits helping poor..."
by Where's Wonderboy? on August 11, 2010 10:53 am - "I would love to see Lights/Jian go all Brangelina and start adopting some of these poor Filipino kids!"
by Anonymous on August 11, 2010 10:25 am - "If Jian & Lites donated even a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of Radio Starmaker Fund money that they waste..."
by Jet-Setter Jian on August 11, 2010 10:20 am
- "Hey Jian! Would you mind not laughing at the Filipino slum people while Lights is filming herself trying to look sad!"
- ‘The Strombo Show’ SUCKS – a fair and balanced perspective (195)
“For some reason the CBC doesn’t mention her tenure at NowPublic.”
Except that they did.
“Nixon left her position as deputy world editor of BBCNews.com in 2008 to become global news editor of NowPublic.com, the Vancouver-based participatory news network.”
Finally, a business model for NowPublic: recruitment agency
Warning to Ms. Nixon: citizen journalism are two of the dirtiest words in the CBC newsroom.
why on earth would she care about citizen journalism? just a means to an end in this game
Tell her to put on her seatbelt and crash helmet,
it’s going to be a bumpy ride…..
Is there some pre-requisite that you can’t be a Canadian to land this job?
Recall her predecessor Jon Dube. Aptly described by Ouimet as
“the robot CBC.ca manager sent from the future to exterminate mankind and trigger Armageddon”
That guy knew SFA about Canada, let alone public broadcasting. Let alone how to socially interact with non-mammals.
*non sea-mammals
arf arf!
I’ve heard that he was actually a sweet and wonderful human being, but he was marked by a terrible curse to the effect that if he looked away from his Blackberry screen for longer than 30 seconds a day everyone he knew would die.
How long will she stay with the CBC? Any bets?
How long will she stay with the CBC? Much shorter than CBC stays with her.
“That guy knew SFA about Canada, let alone public broadcasting”
You have to know something about public broadcasting to be a manager at the CBC? All evidence suggests otherwise.