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 Labour Council 141 Woolwich st.. 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

-- AnarchistUGuelph - 25 Sep 2007