May 10th, 2011 Posted in Conferences, Mash, Mash 2011, Mash Journalism Lab In a philosophical discussion entitled ‘Giving The Enlightenment Another 500 Years: How The BBC Is Digitising Their Archive' at the Mash Conference 2011, Bill Thompson explained that although we are not living in a "digital world", we are in a "digital culture" and this has repercussions for our past.

Bill Thompson, Head of the BBC Digital Archive discusses how digitising our stories is as revolutionary as humanity's first foray into recording stories through the written word.