Community Reporters
Web Connect 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 of words, pictures, sound and video.
For more background information on the programme go to Web Connect Community Reporters. You can read some sample community reporter stories at our community reporter website at www.mywebconnect.info You can also see samples of other community reporters' blogs and sign up for a blog of your own as part of our community reporter programme.
If you would like to contribute to our community news service then click on the Contribute to Feeds link above.
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131.Sessions at Bury Deaf Club(Monday 14th of May 2007 06:48:19 PM
1 year ago )
MCIN has been running a series of taster sessions at Bury Society for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired People.
Introduction
132.BBC Visit Week Three: Introduction to Journalism sessions(Monday 14th of May 2007 02:02:09 PM
1 year ago )
Once again over twelve Community Reporters from across Manchester and Salford turned up for the third and final session at the studios of the BBC on Oxford Road in central Manchester.
The afternoon started with lunch in the BBC canteen with gave the visitors an opportunity to celebrity spot. After...
133.BBC Visit Week Two: Introduction to Journalism sessions(Monday 14th of May 2007 11:57:15 AM
1 year ago )
After the initial week’s look behind the scenes at North West Tonight the second week started with a look behind the scenes as the lunchtime news programme went out.
Once again some reporters watched from the studio floor whilst others watched the goings on in the gallery.
The group, of...
134.BBC Visit Week One: Behind the scenes at North West Tonight.(Monday 14th of May 2007 11:34:06 AM
1 year ago )
A group of Community Reporters from across Manchester attended a series of sessions organised by Jim Clarke, News Gathering Editor for North West Tonight at BBC Manchester.
The sessions, which ran over three weeks from April into May, were held at the BBC studios on Oxford Road.
The first session,...
135.Request for 999 Video from USA(Monday 14th of May 2007 11:03:21 AM
1 year ago )
We received a request from Hear My Hands, a non profit organization based in Atlanta, USA dedicated to producing film and video in American Sign Language. They requested a copy of the 999 Emergency video to showcase at the Deaf Nation Expo which took place in Atlanta over the weekend.
136.Community Reporter News Desk(Monday 30th of April 2007 11:58:40 AM
1 year ago )
Ordsall Community Café have now established a Community Reporters Club, in which local people can join.
We are currently attending training with the BBC with the producers of Look North West News; which is very exciting and informative.
One of the items...
137.Multimedia Club at Ordsall Community Cafe(Thursday 08th of March 2007 10:39:11 AM
1 year, 2 months ago )
On Tuesdays from 11:00am to 3:00pm Ordsall Community Cafe are running a multimedia club in conjunction with the MCIN community reporters programme.
You can learn how to use a computer for the first time, or how to use programmes or media equipment. You can learn how to turn you videos...
138.Emergency 999: You Tube Video Reposted(Wednesday 21st of February 2007 10:54:05 AM
1 year, 2 months ago )
The previous videos on this blog have been in MP4 format, as this means that files can be downloaded and viewed on your computer as well as devices such as the video iPod.
To watch these videos you will need to have a video player which supports the MP4 format,...
139.Have Your Say on a New Regeneration Plan for South Manchester: BSL Video(Monday 19th of February 2007 11:59:36 AM
1 year, 2 months ago )
MCIN was approached by Manchester City Council’s South Manchester Regeneration Team to produce a BSL (British Sign Language) video outlining “The Living City: Have Your Say on a New Regeneration Plan for South Manchester.
http://www.mymanchester.net/files/South%20Manchester%20Regeneration%20BSL.mp4
140.Save the BBC from Microsoft Windows DRM!(Monday 19th of February 2007 09:58:17 AM
1 year, 2 months ago )
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is currently a hot issue, with even Steve Jobs (of Apple Inc creator of the iPod and iTunes) entering the debate on the side of DRM Free music.
However the BBC is proposing that they provide on demand content which will only be accessible to users...