Welcome to the Ideas Channel

Reliable news and informed ideas are essential. We guarantee both.

We are a non-profit organization committed to quality news and free education. Trusted news sources include BBC News, The Guardian, an independent UK newspaper, The Washington Post, respected for investigative journalism, Al Jazeera for a Middle East perspective, The Atlantic, for in depth commentary, the New York Times, winner of 130 Pulitzer prizes, Reuters, one of the world's largest news agencies, and Improve The News, a news aggregator developed by researchers at MIT. ITN also provides verifiable source links. 

Free education sources include Coursera, which was founded by Stanford University, and which offers over 4000 courses, with more than 150 other universities. Also EdX, with MIT and Harvard, partnering with Microsoft and more than 150 other partners including prominent universities, for-profit organizations and NGOs. The Royal Institution is about science, philosophy and discovery. Google Arts and Culture partners with over 3,000 of the world's most famous museums and galleries for online videos and artwork of the highest resolution.

Dr Mike Minehan

Mike Minehan is the founder and Managing Editor of the Ideas Channel. He graduated from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, with two degrees and the New Zealand literary award, the MacMillan Brown Prize. Mike's first job was as a TV News Director with the then New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He went on to become a Parliamentary Reporter for the NZBC, the foundation reporter on the primetime Town and Around, and an investigative TV journalist with New Zealand’s weekly analysis program, Compass.  

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Dr Allan Martin OBE

Dr Allan Martin is the Creative Director of the Ideas Channel. Allan has worldwide experience in radio and TV. For eight years, he was a Producer/Director for Associated-Rediffusion Television, London, after which he became Chief Producer TV for the New Zealand Broadcasting Service. This followed extensive experience in radio as a producer in New Zealand, Australia and Mozambique.

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