Subject - What Are Community Reporters

ReplyPosted : (Friday 21st April 2006 ) By - gramcin (Registered User)Community Reporters cover the area they live in and people they know.

Their reports feature on local websites, their own personal websites and potentially on other local media like the BBC. Reports can be in the form or words, pictures, sound and video.

Community Reporters attend workshops in using new technology such as mp3 recorders and digital cameras - or just mobile phones! The use new web tools to publish their work, such as:

* blogs - easy to create personal web pages or diaries

* podcasts - sound files that you can download and listen to when you want, on your computer or portable player

This site will feature the best of the community reporters work, with links to each reporter's personal blog. It will give the background to the project and latest news.
Manchester Community Reporters is a partnership project between:

* MCIN (Manchester Community Information Network). Project coordinators, workshop sessions and production organisers

* BBC Manchester. Masterclasses and work experience

* Mancat (Manchester College of Arts and Technology). Facilities and routes into further training.

Together they aim to give more people in Manchester the chance to have their say.

For more information, visit the Community Reporter Website : http://www.mywebconnect.net/ or contact Graeme Bates Tel: 0161 230 1430