Athens Trainers Workshop Community Reporters 12&13 March 2014

Not media skills How to tell a story

Community Reporters Programme Session 1 – introduction and best practice – telling a story – practical advice on how to do it – writing story or video or audio You do it Session 3 – Editing & preparing - Showtime - Reflect on what we’ve done - Publishing options

Session 1 Benefits for community Good news stories Highlighting work of community groups, charities etc Feel good factor Promoting community events Bringing communities together Sharing resources

Community reporting Benefits for individuals Media skills Telling stories Getting a voice Building confidence and pride Increasing opportunities Meeting new people Broadening horizons Having fun! Good for CV

Skills Check

Best Practice Health and Safety Staying safe as a Reporter Staying safe out and about Staying safe online Staying safe using equipment Editorial Guidelines Open publishing Guidelines and responsibilities Moderation guidelines Arbitration and review Consent When and how

What’s the story? And How to Tell it It’s not a novel it is a news story – – for a newspaper or a blog but also a TV story – or a radio report Who, what, when, where & why?

Storytime

What next? Your stories Your mission tonight if you choose to accept it… For your groups they choose or you direct What do we do at the next session? Techniques and planning What skills does the group want to learn? Writing a story for a blog, newspaper… Photography Video Audio/radio

Now some practical stuff Planning and preparation for any medium – Audience – Brief for planning content Step by step writing a story Conducting an interview – 5 star questions Illustrating the story – support with photographs and…? Have a go Write it up Review Your story

Planning and preparation Initial phase is same for any medium Know your audience – Use the worksheet as aide memoire Brief that makes sure you are planning the content – Questions organised? – Consent given? – Where will it be shown?

Writing your first news story 1.Find something to write about 2.Do your interviews 3.Choose the best quotes 4.Report, report, report 5.Be objective and fair 6.Write a great headline 7.Structure the rest of the story 8.Say where you got the information from 9.Find a picture for your story 10.Get started on the follow up

Tip 1 Conducting and interview – Things you will need – Preparing: R&D – Establish rapport – Keep it natural – Be open – Maintain control – Wrapping up – A note about note-taking – Recording

Tip 2 More than just questions 1.The importance of the person 2.Get the basic facts – and get them right! 3.Must have information first and then the anecdotes 4.Open ended questions 5.Any questions for us? Follow up potential

Story exercise Why do you want to be a community reporter? – Maximum of 150 words (with picture) – Plan it – Conduct and record – Appropriate photo – Write up with headline

Video planning and preparation…again! Kit – It can be what you want and have What do you want to communicate and why – What’s the idea? – Audience and why it’s important – Storyboard – Getting ready to shoot Size matters – Shot sizes – Composition

Practical – Storyboarding – Planning the shoot – Getting ready to shoot Have a look at: – – Also available on the Community Reporters web site – vimeo-film-school vimeo-film-school

Storyboard No need to be complex it is there to provide a plan and some order. Graphic skills are not required!

Video exercise – Why I want to be a Community Reporter – No more than 2 minutes interview where you choose.

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Session 3 What we have done Planning and preparation Audience Content brief Interviewing Writing the story Shooting the video

Showtime – Why I want to be a Community Reporter – No more than 2 minutes interview where you choose.

How did it go? Audience – Did you define Content brief – Questions prepared? – Consent given? – Know where they will find it? Writing the story – 5 Ws? – Interviewing? – Anything else

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Showtime – Why I want to be a Community Reporter – No more than 2 minutes interview where you choose.

How did it go? Developing a story Using video Issues? Using the kit Planning the shots/scenes - Storyboarding Interviewing Time pressures Anything else you needed or could have used?

What next? Remember your audiences – Who are they? – Where are they? – How do they communicate? – May need more than one medium

Project sites Other social media platforms as learners indicate – eg Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram etc AND The Community sites – with links to and from our project sites

Tools to support, share and promote content Sharing words online Blogger – Wordpress – Tumblr – Bit.ly - Sharing pictures online Flickr – Picasa – Photobucket – Sharing audio online Itunes – Soundcloud – Audioboo –

Tools: Open-Source -Software Audio / Audacity Video / Windows Movie-Maker / Windows Live Movie Maker dows-Movie-Maker_ html dows-Movie-Maker_ html Foto / Picnik Foto / GIMP P-32-Bit_ html P-32-Bit_ html Foto / Flickr ny/ ny/ Foto / Picasa a_ html a_ html Fotos / Pigs Blogging / Wordpress Web site/Social networks / NING

Resources Dropbox – project training resources (link to be sent – s please) Project web site Isabel - er/FE/CategoriaMedia.aspx?idc=371&ex plicit=SI er/FE/CategoriaMedia.aspx?idc=371&ex plicit=SI