Community Reporter’s Photos of the Guerrilla Buskers!

Couldn’t figure out how to embed the slideshow, but it can be viewed here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38896015@N02/sets/72157618954262138/

Enjoy!

Guerrilla Buskers Footage

Here’s some of the footage from our Community Reporters of the Guerrilla Buskers – thanks so much for all your hard work guys!

More from the day can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/SingleCellCollective

Community Reporters do Guerilla Busking!

PVM’s Community Reporters are going to be out and about this Friday documenting Single Cell’s / Futuresonic’s Guerilla Buskers.

Raising money and awareness for refugees and asylum seekers, a whole range of Manchester artists are going to be playing in secret locations all around the city centre – and we’re going to be following them.

Look out for up-to-the-minute footage on Single Cell’s YouTube channel as the day progresses: http://www.youtube.com/singlecellcollective

And best of all, we want your footage as well. If you’re going to watch any of the acts, or just happen to stumble across them on your travels, and feel to take some pics or record something on your phone, then we want it! Send what you can to jess@peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk, or get in touch for Youtube account info.

Here’s to hoping for a sunny day!

Comedy Compeition Winners!

Congratulations to Euna and John, who braved the cold winds of Manchester to go out on the streets and get your jokes! They’ve each won a pair of tickets to the Frog and Bucket comedy club on Oldham St. While the majority of people they asked ran away screaming, some of you were brave enough to face the camera. Here’s the results:

What’s The Story? Community Reporters Hit The Big Time!

A group of Community Reporters from Manchester and Salford will be in Exchange Square on Monday 16th February 12pm – 2pm. They will be asking passers-by ‘What’s Your Story?’ as their own stories are shown on the big screen.

If you’re a Community Reporter, then come along! And if you’ve got a story you’d like to tell our reporters, or you’re interested in becoming a reporter, or if you’d just like to see what it is we get up to, then come along too! The more the merrier!

Community Reporting is a programme run by People’s Voice Media, in partnership with the BBC. People are trained in using social media to tell their own stories in their own ways. Some use audio and video equipment, others use mobiles or webcams, some prefer just to blog.
As part of their training they have produced a variety of short films, and a selection of these will be shown on the big screen. The reporters will then interview passers-by to get their thoughts, views and stories.

Tee Hee Hee! Community Reviewer’s Joke Competition!

The fun never ends…

The Frog and Bucket is the latest Manchester venue to open its doors to our Community Reporters. They’ve given us 2 pairs of tickets which can be used any Thursday or Friday night (except for special events), and this time we’ve decided to make you work for them.

We want you to record yourself telling a joke, and send it in to us. It can be as a podcast or a video, and the sillier the better. If you haven’t got any way of recording yourself then get in touch and we’ll help you out with equipment, and help you record it. Simples!

You don’t need to be a current Community Reporter to take part – as long as you live, work or play in Manchester you can get involved. Get in touch if you’ve got any questions.

All entries need to be sent (as attachments) to jess@mcin.net by Monday the end of February. The best 2 jokes each win a pair of tickets.

Here’s a little taster from Mick to get you started:

Theatre Review Workshop

It’s happening again….and this time it’s definitely going ahead!

We’ve got 12 tickets to go and see True Love Lies at the Royal Exchange theatre, on Saturday 7th Feb at 16:00. This is going to be followed by a short (45mins – 1hour) workshop on how to create a theatre review, given by someone who’s done it for a living! A great opportunity to go to the theatre and learn new skills, skills which can be applied to reviewing all sorts of things – swimming lessons, films, restaurants, days out at the Velodrome….check out our Community Reviewers blog to see what our Reporters have been up to.

Tickets cost £4.50 each, and we’ve already given away 5, so if you want one you’ll have to be quick. Email jess@mcin.net. It’s first come, first serve, and priority will be given to existing Community Reporters, or those who want to join the scheme and produce content on a regular basis – see our Community Reporters page for more info.

New Community Reviewer’s Blog!

The Community Reviewers program is going full swing, with people reviewing left, right and centre!

Some people have mentioned that even though they’re up for producing reviews, you’ve got nowhere to put them. So I’ve created a special Community Reviewer’s blog, which all Reviewers will have access to. You can either post your review (as text, audio or video) straight onto the bog, or cut and paste it from another source, such as your own blog. It would be great to get as many reviews in the same space as possible – it’s a great way of convincing more venues to give us more tickets, so it’s in your interest to post!

If you don’t know how to use a blog, we’re going to arrange a blogging workshop for Community Reviewers in the New Year – watch this space. And if you’re comfortable posting stuff up there already, then get in touch with me and I’ll give you the login details.

It’s still in it’s infancy, but you can find the blog here: http://communityreviewers.wordpress.com/

Community Reviewer’s Great Expectations – and free workshop!

We’ve got a festive treat for Community Reporters old and new. We’ve teamed up with the Library Theatre to get discounted tickets to their Christmas play – Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got a professional theatre reviewer coming in to give us a free workshop on how to produce a theatre review!

Tickets are only £3, and anyone who wants to come can – even if this is your first experience as a Community Reporter! The production is on Saturday 20th December at 2:30pm, and the workshop will be running for about an hour afterwards – we should be finished by 6pm at the very latest.

If you’re interested, please get in touch with me as soon as possible, letting me know how many tickets you want. You can email me at jess@mcin.net, or ring me on 0161 230 1430

Community Reviewers Get Active!

Community Reviewers have just teamed up with the wonderful people at Manchester Sport and Leisure who are so keen to get people off their sofas and jumpin around that they’re offering Reviewers a wealth of opportunities to get active. They’ve got facilities all over Manchester, so there’s bound to be something going on somewhere near you.

Ever wanted to give yoga a try? Or maybe a game of squash? Or perhaps you’d like to throw yourself about doing a bit of aerobics? We’ve got a plethora of free sessions available. We can even offer you a week’s free gym membership. There are so many possibilities. We just want to get you running around, and then letting the world know what you thought about it!

The best thing to do if you’re interested is to check out the Manchester Sport and Leisure website and have a snoop around and see what’s going on near you. If you find something you’re up for doing, get in touch with me (jess@mcin.net), and I’ll let you know if it’s possible. You might as well try your luck – you never know! Happy snooping!