They offered me the office, offered me the shop. They said I'd better take anything they'd got. Do you wanna make tea at the CBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?
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.
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.
“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.”
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“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.
How long will she stay with the CBC? Much shorter than CBC stays with her.
How long will she stay with the CBC? Any bets?
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.
*non sea-mammals
arf arf!
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.
Tell her to put on her seatbelt and crash helmet,
it’s going to be a bumpy ride…..
why on earth would she care about citizen journalism? just a means to an end in this game
Warning to Ms. Nixon: citizen journalism are two of the dirtiest words in the CBC newsroom.
Finally, a business model for NowPublic: recruitment agency
“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.”