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
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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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181.Lottery £50M Local Food Fund, supporting Manchester communities?(Saturday 19th of July 2008 07:54:14 PM
4 months ago )
Report by Rob Squires on Manchester's new Food and Wellbeing Group Creative Local Solutions have been commissioned by Manchester Food Futures to raise funds from the Big Lottery Local Food Fund, on behalf of the community and voluntary sector in Manchester.read more
182.BBC trip(Friday 18th of July 2008 11:37:20 AM
4 months ago )
Following on from my last post, this is what some of our Community Reporters had to say:
Technoboy - Today was a bit special, as a community reporter I got to visit the BBC along with fellow community reporters, and take a look behind the scenes of the Northwest Tonight...
183.Community Reporter’s Trip to the BBC(Thursday 17th of July 2008 04:41:40 PM
4 months ago )
On Tuesday a group of us went along to the BBC to watch NorthWest Tonight being filmed, as part of the Community Reporter’s training programme.
For half an hour I sat up in the gallery in complete and utter confusion as somehow a televsion show was created out of what...
184.Community Reporters, and the Future of Food in Manchester(Thursday 17th of July 2008 10:38:14 AM
4 months ago )
Report by Rob Squires on Manchester's new Food and Wellbeing Group Work is underway to develop new ways to share information between Manchester communities, and the public sector, about the future of food, health and wellbeing in the City. MCIN's community reporter programe may have a part to play...
185.Community Reporters visit the BBC(Tuesday 15th of July 2008 09:37:49 PM
4 months, 1 week ago )
Today was a bit special, as a community reporter I got to visit the BBC along with fellow community reporters, and take a look behind the scenes of the Northwest Tonight program featuring presenters Gordon Burns and
read more
186.Loop event with Peter Saville and website launch(Tuesday 15th of July 2008 08:36:34 PM
4 months, 1 week ago )
This evening I went to CUBE gallery on Portland Street for the Loop event organised by CIDS, the Cultural Industries Development Service.
The guest speaker was Peter Saville, who talked about his career and experiences.
The new Creative Times site was promoted. People working within the cultural industries in...
187.Victoria Baths reopens its doors after superb partial renovation(Monday 14th of July 2008 05:27:36 PM
4 months, 1 week ago )
The Victoria Baths has opened its doors after its first phase of restoration. I was there this afternoon and was very impressed with what I saw.
Not all lf the buidling has been renovated - only the front block. And not everything has been renovated! The work has focused...
188.Being a Community Reporter(Monday 14th of July 2008 10:55:44 AM
4 months, 1 week ago )
I thought today I would talk about being a community reporter, and how you can turn a hobby into something useful for the community. I am not a professional and neither do I want to be. It's a hobby that I thoroughly enjoy, and will continue to happily snap away...
189.Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Security(Monday 14th of July 2008 10:08:35 AM
4 months, 1 week ago )
Oil supplies are peaking, meaning that half of the world’s predicted oils supplies have been consumed, and that for the first time in human history, demand for oil is outstripping our ability to be able to supply it. The result of this is that oil prices are beginning to skyrocket....
190.Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Security(Monday 14th of July 2008 10:08:35 AM
4 months, 1 week ago )
Oil supplies are peaking, meaning that half of the world’s predicted oils supplies have been consumed, and that for the first time in human history, demand for oil is outstripping our ability to be able to supply it. The result of this is that oil prices are beginning to skyrocket....