Social enterprises work together to build confidence of Manchester kids This year, we have been lucky enough to work with our social enterprise friends at Art with Heart with our Media Cubs project on a shared passion - working within the community to build the confidence
Our Media Cubs community reporter project for children and young people has reached 1000 children since launching. The pop-up TV studio and newsroom has delivered after-school clubs, holiday camps and virtual clubs across Greater Manchester since our first official club in Trafford in 2019. We set up Media Cubs to support all children to broadcast their confidence
I can’t say I was shocked to read that 80% of journalists come from professional and upper class backgrounds in a new report from the NCTJ – more deflated that nothing has changed – in fact worsened since I joined my first news room 20 years ago as a proud working class woman. The newly-released Diversity
https://youtu.be/f7bqGW-N7pI As part of our community reporter project - Media Cubs - the Yellow Jigsaw team works with young people to up skill them in all things media and support them to broadcast their confidence. During the pandemic the mini reporters led their own Media Cubs #RaiseYourHand campaign and as part of that took
Our community media project - Talking About My Generation team has launched a new programme of training. The training is for our existing community reporters and members of the public over the age of 50 across Greater Manchester who are interested in learning new skills. These are the upcoming sessions in the My Gen Community Reporter
Co-founders of Yellow Jigsaw Grace Dyke and Kirsty Day We're celebrating an exciting development here at YJ HQ! We have secured investment to expand our projects that enable people aged 7 to 70 to develop news reporting and media skills. We have been awarded £21,600 from the Access to Growth fund, part of
Our Media and Content Producer Jodie Smith has been with us for six months now. Here she talks about her time in her new role, going from university, interning with us to becoming a much valued employee. "Is it just me or do you sometimes struggle to stop and reflect and instead jump straight into
Our YJ mission - to diversify UK newsrooms and supported those underrepresented by the media to have a platform - has led us to work with many inspiring individuals and change-making organisations. We’re excited to be continuing our partnership work as part of Media Cubs: the pop-up TV studio and newsroom that helps young people
What an amazing summer we had working on our Media Cubs project! The pop-up TV studio and newsroom turned hundreds of children and young people into mini reporters across Greater Manchester in August. And now the impact stats are in! Mini reporters developed a range of media and communication skills while also growing in confidence:
We are delighted to welcome nine new additions to the Media Cubs team! Media Cubs - the pop up TV studio and newsroom that helps primary school children to broadcast their confidence - has recently completed its first virtual Media Cubs Leaders Academy. The Yellow Jigsaw-led project has trained leaders to deliver after-school and summer clubs
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