Much of the content on these sites is produced by Community Reporters.
Community Reporters are people who have got something to say, and enjoy saying it - real people, with real stories. If you've got access to a computer, you can be a Community Reporter. You can use words, pictures, audio or video - whatever you feel most comfortable with, it doesn't really matter. Likewise it doesn't really matter what you talk or write about (within reason! See our editorial policy) – it doesn't have to be 'news', as such, it can just be something you want people to know about.
If you're already doing something- perhaps you write a blog - you can become a Community Reporter without doing anything more than what you're doing at the moment. If you're based in Manchester, or doing things in Manchester, and have a blog or a website, why not link it up to our site via an RSS feed? You'll get thousands more people reading about the things that matter to you.
Being a Community Reporter means that you'll get access to free training and media equipment, such as video cameras and laptops, which you can then use to produce even more content, in even more imaginative ways! All we ask from you is that you produce something that we can link to on the site.
If you're new to all this stuff, but want to get involved, we can offer you training, starting with the basics of using a computer, to how to make and edit your own films.
For more background information on the programme go to People's Voice Media Community Reporters
If you want to see some of the things our Community Reporters have already produced, visit our multimedia pages or click on one of the feeds coming into our site.
If you're interested in becoming a Community Reporter, please email me at jess@mcin.net, or give me a ring on 0161 230 1430.
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311.Fare Pak Hampers(Tuesday 09th of January 2007 02:18:40 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
In October 2006 Fare Pak Hampers went to joint administrators. Martha H Thompson and Shagun Dubey. A staggering 150 million families saving up for Christmas lost a lot of money. What made this even worse was the fact that a lot of people knew that this company was in so...
312.A Learning Journey(Tuesday 09th of January 2007 02:09:11 PM
1 year, 10 months ago )
This is the story of my experience as an IT beginner. I wanted a change of career and I thought that in order to improve my job prospects I thought I should get some IT skills. However I was worried that as an adult returning to learning I...
313.Media Club at Whitemoss Club for Young People(Friday 01st of December 2006 10:22:11 AM
1 year, 11 months ago )
Following on from our blogging workshop we have set up a media club at the Whitemoss Club for Young People. People attending the media club can brush up on their IT skills and get help in using a number of software packages. Most recently we have been giving people help...
314.Media Club at Chatterbox(Friday 01st of December 2006 10:21:43 AM
1 year, 11 months ago )
We have held a number of workshops at Chatterbox (a community group in Blackley) and have set up a media club. Some of the local residents are producing a book take from their experiences with the cook and taste sessions being held at Chatterbox.
The media club at Chatterbox takes...
315.Project activity in November(Friday 01st of December 2006 10:13:44 AM
1 year, 11 months ago )
November has been a busy month for us here at the Community Reporters project. We have run blogging workshops at Whitemoss Club for Young People, Trinity Church Welcome Centre and Manchester Foyer.
We are planning a blogging workshop at Cheetham Surestart and will be helping them to transfer their existing website into...
316.Community Reporters @ Ordsall Community Cafe(Monday 20th of November 2006 03:22:54 PM
2 years ago )
A Free Event is being held at the Ordsall Community Cafe to explain how Manchester Community Reporters works as well as giving people the chance to try out some equipment and techniques that reporters can use.
Free Basic Skills Assessment
Create a Personal Website and send text, pictures, videos and...
317.Community Reporters @ Harpuhey Neighbourhood Project(Friday 17th of November 2006 04:31:43 PM
2 years ago )
We are holding an event to introduce the people of North Manchester to the Community Reporters project.
The event will be on 1 December 2006 from 10:00am until 1:00pm
People will get the chance to try out some of the equipment and techniques that reporters can use.
Create a Personal...
318.More workshops planned(Wednesday 01st of November 2006 11:08:12 AM
2 years ago )
We will be holding two workshops this week. One tomorrow (2 November) for the Whitemoss Club for Young People and one on Friday (3 November) at Trinity Church. We will also be holding a workshop on Tuesday next week at Manchester Foyer.
If you are interested in attending future workshops...
319.Voluntary Sector Groups Workshop(Wednesday 01st of November 2006 11:04:50 AM
2 years ago )
As reported we held a workshop for a number of voluntary sector groups on 24 October. In all 6 groups were represented. The workshop was very productive and we hope to be able to bring you RSS feeds from their blogs once they have set them up.
320.Critical Commute(Sunday 22nd of October 2006 10:37:12 AM
2 years ago )
There’ll be a Critical Commute on Friday 27th October at 8.15am starting outside the Withington Library. From here we’ll ride up Oxford Road to the Central Library, at which point there’ll be a press launch of GMCC’s own high visibility gilet.
It’s linked to winter approaching and the clocks...
