Skill Building for Community Journalism

Members of CFRU, community radio in Guelph, are facilitating a class called "Skill Building for Community Journalism." This class is open to new and experienced media folks. Our class meets every second Thursday from 6-7 pm. Location is tba. Contact Erinn for details 519-824-4120, x56920, spokenword.cfru@gmail.com

We will offer support for an optional hands-on project in the medium of your choice.

Some topics we can explore are:

- What kinds of media do we know or can we imagine? - Possibilities of new media - Interviewing skills: arts and culture, and investigative reporting - Community outreach through reporting - Opinion v. fact – managing bias in the stories that we care about and /or that affect us directly - Reporting across differences – building solidarity or advancing advocacy through reporting. What do media allies look like? - Combating technophobia – demystifying tech processes - Tips and tricks: listening skills, grammar for reporting, etc., etc., - Building and sustaining collectives essay help Web 2.0 Design

1 -- AnarchistUGuelph - 25 Sep 2007