How to Contribute to Community News
There are a number of ways to contribute to the community news section. You can become a community reporter, you can comment on any of the stories posted on the blogs or you can email us to suggest a story.
Becoming a Community Reporter
Comment on an Existing Story
Suggest a Story
Becoming a Community Reporter
Manchester Community Reporters (MCRs) 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.
Community Reporters get help in using new technology such as mp3 recorders and digital cameras - or just mobile phones! Then use new web tools to publish their work, such as:
blogs - easy to create personal web pages or diaries
podcasts - sound files that you can download and listen to when you want, on your computer or portable player
Web Connect Community Reporters is a partnership project between:
MCIN (Manchester Community Information Network): Project coordinators, training and production organisers
BBC Manchester: Masterclasses and work experience
Mancat (Manchester College of Arts and Technology): Facilities and routes into further training.
Together we aim to give more people in Manchester the chance to have their say.
For more information or to get involved in the project please contact MCIN on 0161 230 1430 or info@mcin.net
Or visit the main Community Reporters site at www.mywebconnect.info. This site features the best of the community reporters' work, with links to each reporter’s personal blog. It gives the background to the project and latest news.
Commenting on existing stories
You can also comment on any of the postings in any of the blogs, but please remember that we do not allow swearing or offensive language or remarks to appear on the blogs and we do not allow personal attacks.
Just click on the comment link that appears underneath each posting and fill in the form at the bottom of the page. You must leave a name and an email address.
Suggesting a story
Just drop us an email suggesting a story and we will do our best to get one of our community reporters to cover it. The email address to send your suggestions to is info@mcin.net