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Kid’s TV Producer Bill Shribman Speaks About Interactive Apps For Children

By Faith O'Neil On March 22, 2013 · Add Comment

Bill Shribman is a professional photographer and a producer for WGBH Public Television. You may have heard of him or his company because of what they produce. If your children have ever watch Arthur, Martha Speaks, or Curious George, then you have witnessed Bill’s handiwork first hand. As the producer of extraordinarily popular children shows, Shribman was asked to speak at a TEDx Boston presentation about children, apps, and his latest creations. One of these projects consists of bringing news headlines and photographs to children. Shribman described, as someone who grew up in England, being shocked that American children do not really get exposed to the news, outside of what their parents watch. To remedy this, Shribman’s team has taken strong photographs from the weeks news and paired them with simple, twitter-length caption that ultimately culminates as a news app for children. He also described the creation of a [...]

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