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Simon Mackie

Assistant Producer, BBC Factual

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Stargazing LIVE: Astronomy through social media

Friday 19 April 2013, 10:42

Hello there I’m Simon Mackie, an assistant producer for BBC Factual, but I don’t make telly programmes. Instead, I work with TV production teams to develop and publish online content that complements their programmes. So I’m a web producer really. Here I’m going to talk about the online side of...

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