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Wikipedia Founder Introduces Wiki Magazine Sites
KingJawa writes "Wikipedia blew away Encyclopedia Brittanica, but can the model be used to upset the magazine industry? Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, thinks so. His company, Wikia, today announced three open-source magazine-style sites where users can write about news, opinion and gossip — one magazine wiki each for politics, entertainment, and local interests. Each open-source magazine hands total editorial control to the readers, allowing them to read, write, edit, and dictate the editorial feel for each topic."
MORE INTERNET TUBES!!
-- www.globaltics.net
Political discussion for a new world
Top 40 DJ and Carolina alumnus Rick Dees has made it easier for some University students to follow their dreams of making it big in the entertainment world.
Dees, one of America's leading radio and television entertainers, has pledged a substantial cash gift to endow an annual Rick Dees Student Production Award in the University's Department of Communication Studies. He also will donate production equipment for student use in Swain Hall, Carolina's student production center.
Students will compete for the annual award by presenting their ideas and budgets for films and videos to an award panel. The award will fund production expenses such as film stock, processing, tape, props, locations costs, transportation and insurance.
Dees, a Greensboro native and 1972 Carolina graduate, has been named America's number one radio personality for 10 years in a row by Billboard Magazine. His "Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown" is heard by 50 million people every week on more than 350 stations in the U. S. and 70 countries.
"The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession," Dees said.
Dees earned his degree in radio, television and motion pictures. That department merged in 1993 with the speech communication department to form the Department of Communication Studies, which is now the third-largest department in Carolina's College of Arts and Sciences.
"Rick is a wonderful example of a successful alumnus willing to give of himself to create better opportunities for students," said Dr. Bill Balthrop, chair of the communication studies department. "His commitment is a powerful expression of confidence in the talents of Carolina students and the importance of media production in the department."
Students and faculty in media studies have received national recognition, including awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the American Film Institute and the National Educational Association for their work in film and video.
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