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The winner of the 1st pair of tickets to an Antiques Roadshow live appraisal event is: George W. Angell | Hillsdale, MI for Cuts Like A Knife – featuring a collection of rare antique Samurai swords that were passed down to George by his… Continue

Calling youth media makers: The WGBH Lab has partnered up with MASTERPIECE, and have launched The MASTERPIECE Video Diary Project.



Anne Frank was an amazing storyteller. Through her words,… Continue

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Happy New Year! As you start to put all the holiday decorations away, we want you to start taking a closer look at those old items sitting around. We all have them, sitting in the attic or closet, passed down by a cousin’s cousin, estranged fathers, or a mothers, sister’s brother.



We hold on to them because they are a part of our family and because, we hope to someday pass them along to younger generations – even if all they become is… Continue

Hey WGBH Lab Friends -



Did you watch NOVA's "What Darwin Never Knew", last night? Did it inspire you? We sure hope so, because, today is the last day for you to submit your Life Stories for our NOVA Open Call. Get your submission in today at lab.wgbh.org, and your video short may be broadcast in conjunction with future NOVA programming on Life and Evolution.



Not submitting a Life Story? That's okay - you can still visit the site and leave comments for your favorite… Continue

Good election-themed footage is hard to find. Luckily the WGBH Lab -- armed with a huge video library, a laptop, and a lot of coffee -- is here to help.



Today the WGBH Lab has posted a collection of 50 free video clips related to the election for you to use pretty much however you see fit. From interviews with presidents… Continue

Hey everyone,



Four months ago we asked you to pitch us your election stories -- with your help we chose which pitches to send into production and used your feedback to steer the projects in the right direction. And now 6 of YOUR election stories are complete and ready to watch online.



The results are as diverse as they are pertinent -- there's a piece about students campaigning to save their ethnic studies program, a pop-up-video style meditation on whether your… Continue

We had a chance to sit down recently and chat with Katrina Browne, WGBH Filmmaker in Residence from 2003 to 2005 and director of Traces of the Trade -- a Sundance-accepted feature-length documentary on how Katrina dealt with the realization that her New England family were actually the largest slave trading family in American history.



Check out our interview on YouTube to get… Continue