We had a great day at the Waterloo Centre on Wednesday 26th April, where 12 potential reporters got their first taste of M-CR workshops. They must have liked it - they all signed up for more!

Jim Clarke, news editor of Northwest Tonight (the BBC’s evening local news programme), spoke about how his organisation is looking for new ideas and talent. He answered questions about what kind of issues the BBC might be willing to look at if Cheetham reporters came up with them (for example if they have knowledge about local crime). He declined to answer the question “How much do you get paid?”

At this ‘Intro Session’ everyone had a taste of blogging, audio recording and video production. Next step is for them to go more into each of these areas in three forthcoming days. Then they’ll be unleashed on the public to go and get stories…