Everyone has something to say - about where they live, what they're experiencing, and what they want to see happen. Our Community Reporters’ programme gives people a platform to tell these stories online.
We work with individuals from all kinds of communities to give them a voice and build their confidence in the use of social media tools.
Reporters learn how to produce content with new social media such as blogs, podcasts, films and wikis, and use everything from mobile phones to video cameras and webcams. Stories are distributed through our online networks, meaning that those voices can be heard by anyone online.
Community reporters can be local active individuals or participants in our training programmes.
To see examples of Community Reporter content, or for more information on Community Reporting and how you can get involved, visit http://peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk or contact enquiries@peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk
871.World Turned Upside Down Video Launch(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:09:07 PM
3 years, 1 month ago )
Yesterday, 27th November, we launched the World Turned Upside Down Video at MDDA.
Here are photos and a short video from the launch.
Launch Video
872.Genie Project(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:07:39 PM
3 years, 1 month ago )
In this video Denise Pepper talks to Claire Johnson about the Genie Project in Trafford.
Using both BSL (British Sign Language) and a voice over (by a proffesional interpreter) the video highlights the history and work of the Genie Project and is accessible for both Deaf BSL users and their...
873.Doctor’s waiting rooms.(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:03:36 PM
3 years, 1 month ago )
I have been working with Deaf people from across Greater Manchester using video as a way of telling their stories and getting their stories online.
You can find examples of videos created as part of these initial sessions on the Video section of the Manchester Deaf Gateway website.
Video is...
874.MaccBug(Sunday 03rd of June 2007 10:24:47 PM
3 years, 1 month ago )
Not to be confused with what causes Steve Jobs’ computers to crash, or a dose of gastroenteritis contracted after eating at a fast-food restaurant, the Macclesfield Borough Bicycle Users Group, MaccBUG for short, is an independent group of local cyclists with a...
875.Letter from America(Sunday 03rd of June 2007 10:54:43 AM
3 years, 1 month ago )
Ex-pat Polly Low reports from Washington DC.
America’s love affair with the car is the stuff of legend. So it’s both a surprise and something of an embarrassment for a Mancunian to arrive in the capital city of this gas-guzzling, SUV-worshipping country, and find that the lot of...
876.Critical Commute(Wednesday 23rd of May 2007 11:51:03 PM
3 years, 2 months ago )
Manchester’s Critical Commute happens on the last Friday of every month. The next one is Friday 29 June 2007.
The idea is to make cycling visible to drivers and demonstrate that it’s a viable way to get around. If you haven’t cycled for a while, it’s a chance to...
877.Community Reporter News Desk(Monday 30th of April 2007 11:58:40 AM
3 years, 3 months 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...
878.Lookalike(Tuesday 17th of April 2007 08:45:11 PM
3 years, 3 months ago )
From A comparison of transport in Europe
Has anyone else noticed the uncanny resemblence between per-capita rates of bicycle use across Europe and the Happiness League Table as published in this BBC story ? Perhaps by chance they are related.
879.What’s fluorescent yellow and very polite ?(Saturday 14th of April 2007 06:41:16 PM
3 years, 3 months ago )
Please Give Cyclists Room signs are cropping up all over the city. This one appeared a few months ago on the northbound side of Manchester Road in Cheadle. It’s certainly much needed on this two lane, 40 mph stretch of road, where to get to and from South Manchester,...
880.M.E.N. in denial(Saturday 31st of March 2007 05:08:05 PM
3 years, 4 months ago )
A couple of weeks back, the M.E.N. carried the large and rather inaccurate front page headline: Congestion charging You say NO.
Inaccurate because on the same page was the sideline: But 59 per cent back move - if it brings cash for...