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.
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21.Deaf Emotions from public service providers.(Monday 06th of August 2007 12:33:15 PM
9 months, 2 weeks ago )
Hello again. It’s hard to believe but it’s time for August’s blog already! This month, I want to consider how Deaf people feel when they face discrimination from public service providers.
It’s surprising how often Deaf people find their dealings with the public sector to be less than satisfactory. They...
22.Deaf Education(Wednesday 04th of July 2007 11:12:23 AM
10 months, 2 weeks ago )
Hello, now it’s time for my July blog entry – I hope you enjoyed reading last month’s post!
This month, I am going to focus on the complicated topic of Deaf education. There are many different ways of educating deaf children; some of which are discriminatory and some of...
23.Peter Harrison talks about college(Tuesday 19th of June 2007 02:29:42 PM
11 months ago )
Peter is talking about his past when he was at school and now when he is in college.
Click HERE to watch.
24.World Turned Upside Down Video(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:51:40 PM
11 months, 1 week ago )
Back in January 2006 MCIN hosted the “Our Stories in Our Language” event in central Manchester to launch a series of videos made by Deaf people from across Greater Manchester.
As a follow on from this event MCIN worked with Community Pride on a School of Participation project. This project...
25.World Turned Upside Down Video Launch(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:50:26 PM
11 months, 1 week 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
26.Sessions at Bury Met Deaf Club(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:44:37 PM
11 months, 1 week ago )
Following the success of the sessions at Bury Library MCIN has been running a series of taster sessions at Bury Society for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired People.
Introduction
27.Request for 999 Video from USA(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:38:01 PM
11 months, 1 week 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.
28.Emergency 999: You Tube Video Reposted(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:37:19 PM
11 months, 1 week 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,...
29.You Tube(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:36:15 PM
11 months, 1 week ago )
The previous videos on this blog have been in MP4 format, as this means that files can be downloaded and viewed on devices such as video iPod.
However this version of the 999 Emergency video, produced by a group of people from Bury Library, has been uploaded and is...
30.999 Emergency(Wednesday 13th of June 2007 03:35:26 PM
11 months, 1 week ago )
This video was created by a group of four Deaf people who meet at the Hearing Impairment Unit at Bury Library.
Its aim is to highlight the real problems faced by Deaf people accessing the Emergency Services and to offer a simple yet effective solution.
999 Emergency
(NB: This video...