Our Community News Reporting programme, funded by Ofcom, helps secondary-aged students develop their voice, strengthen critical thinking, and build resilience against misinformation and disinformation. Students gain practical experience in spotting and producing reliable journalism, while creating their own news stories rooted in their local communities.
Our workshops are planned and delivered by qualified secondary school teachers. Workshops are differentiated, where necessary and possible, to cater for students from Key Stages 3 - 5 and SEN students.
The project is free for qualifying schools in: London (Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Barking and Dagenham), Greater Manchester, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford.
Ages: 11 - 18
Minimum students: 18
Maximum students: 30, with potential to work with more than one class on separate days
Delivery method: In-school workshops (Greater Manchester) or onsite at The Guardian’s Education Centre (London schools only)
Timing: Full-day workshop (10 - 2pm in London, more flexibility in Gtr Manchester)
Cost: Free to qualifying schools
A full-day, in-person news and media literacy workshop for students, delivered by our teaching team
Media literacy training for participating teachers and colleagues
Post-workshop editorial check-in and Q&A session with a working journalist
Access to our media literacy classroom resources and toolkit
Opportunity for students’ work to be published on our website
An end-of-project showcase event to celebrate and share student work
Attendance at a compulsory pre-workshop teacher training session (virtual)
Completion of short teacher and student evaluations before, during and after the project
Support for students in producing news reports using our resources after the workshop
Publishing a selection of student work in school or the local community, with our guidance
Sharing final student reports with our team and Ofcom
Not eligible for the community news reporting programme? We deliver free interactive workshops for secondary schools onsite at our Education Centre.
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