Reporters notebook

Book up now for my next training course for community reporters and anyone interested in learning more about how to tell their story. This course is essential if you’re writing for a local website, newsletter or blog. It will also help organisations and charities in the Third Sector discover more about spreading their message. If you are running a small business and need to improve your communications, this is a great way to learn some new skills.

We’ll be covering subjects such as how to write for the web and print, how to set up a WordPress website and basic legal skills needed when reporting and publishing. The course is a good mix of practical work and group collaboration and is usually lots of fun.

The course takes place at the Friends Centre and starts on 24 February from 10 am to 1pm for five weeks. It costs £67.50 or £40.50 for concessions. To book and find out more information contact the Friends Centre, here are all the details:

Online:

Enrol online for most of the Friends Centre courses…please click here for more details.

By telephone:

01273 810210. If you wish to pay by debit or credit card, you can enrol over the telephone, Monday – Thursday, 9.30am-7.30pm and Friday, 9.30am-3pm

In person:

You can enrol in person at the Brighton Junction reception, open Monday – Thursday, 9.30am-7.30pm and Friday, 9.30am-3pm. You can pay by cash, cheque or with a debit or credit card.

By post:

Complete the booking form found in the brochure. Send it with a cheque or your card details to: Friends Centre, Brighton Junction, Isetta Square, 35 New England Street, Brighton BN1 4GQ. Once you are enrolled on our system we will send you your receipt and course outline.

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Blogging course

by Caroline on 19/10/2011

Do you want to start blogging? Learn how to set up a blog, post
photos and discover ways to tell your story.
Run by Caroline Sutton, an experienced national newspaper journalist
and Brighton and Hove Community Reporters trainer , the course takes
place on Wednesday evenings at the Whitehawk Inn from 6.30pm -
8.30pm.
The course runs from 2 November to 7 December 2011 and costs £54
(£10 111MTB)

Phone 01273 682 222 to book or visit the Whitehawk Inn website
http://www.whinn.org.uk/.

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Community Reporting training course

September 5, 2011

Want to learn some basic journalism skills such as how to write a news story, find your audience and set up a simple WordPress site? The course will enable you to set up a blog, report on your community, start a campaign or tell your story. Run by former national newspaper journalist Caroline Sutton and [...]

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Community Reporters need to learn about ethics

July 15, 2011

The July meetup featured a great discussion about the News of the World scandal and associated legal and ethical issues. The debate ranged from the hypocrisy of the newspapers to our own complicity – or not  - in condoning what tey do because people are willing to buy the papers. I recorded a short video [...]

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RIP News Of The World, Long Live Community Reporters?

July 11, 2011

Brighton and Hove Community Reporters July Meet-up Thursday, July 14, 2011 from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Come and join us at Community Base for a great double-header at this month’s meetup: 1. RIP NOTW. Long live Community Reporting. 2. Cybermummy Conference: Are parents leading the blogging revolution? Plus the usual catching up, networking and [...]

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Promoting your community group

June 20, 2011

Caroline Sutton delivered an excellent workshop about how to promote your community group to 13 people from local voluntary organisations today. The feedback from learners was very positive and notes will be shared through this site as soon as possible. Mark Walker also chipped in, with a run through of how to use Twitter and [...]

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An Introduction to Promoting Your Community Group

June 13, 2011

Want to know how to promote your  group’s fantastic and vital work  in the community? Interested in learning key reporting skills so your stories get heard in other people’s media, such as local newspapers and online? This workshop is delivered by freelance journalist and PR Caroline Sutton and will show you how to promote your community group, [...]

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Free training in Woodingdean and Moulsecoomb

May 25, 2011

Residents of Woodingdean and Moulsecoomb and local areas are welcome to join in one of our new FREE  training courses in June. Run by Caroline, a former national newspaper journalist, they will give a introduction to some of the basic skills needed to be a community reporter. We’ll be covering events such as basic interviewing [...]

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Taster session in Moulsecoomb

May 16, 2011

Wondering what Community Reporting is all about? We’re running a free taster session on Wednesday 18 May so you can find out for yourself.

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Feedback from the May Meetup

May 5, 2011
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