Updated: 8 March with new date.
If you’d like to get more involved in what’s going on locally, our free West Leeds Dispatch community reporters’ beginners’ training course could be right up your street.
The friendly and informal course runs over six, weekly sessions and offers a friendly and fun introduction to writing articles, taking photos and interviewing – as well as offering wider help and guidance on everything you need to know to be a community reporter. We can even help with spelling and grammar!
Our free course is aimed at beginners interested in telling the story of their community and runs over six, two-hour sessions at Swinnow Community Centre.
There will be refreshments, cake and biscuits – and it looks great on your CV as you will learn transferable skills you can take into employment or studying. We hope you’ll go on to contribute many articles for us.
They’re run by West Leeds Dispatch editor John Baron, a journalist with 30 years’ experience who has worked for a variety of local newspapers as well as The Guardian.
At the end of it, you’ll become part of the Dispatch family of community reporters and earn a community reporters’ ‘press card’ and lanyard, as well as gain increased skills and confidence.
Our latest course starts from Wednesday, 2 April (7-9pm) and runs for six sessions finishing on Wednesday, 7 May. Sessions run at Swinnow Community Centre, Swinnow Lane, Leeds LS13 4RF.
- Sign up for the free course here – hurry, places are limited!
I’d be interested in this, but wouldn’t be able to make one of the sessions. Would there be an option to still do the course if you have to miss a session? Would there be some option to ‘catch up’ on the missed session?
Hi there, thanks for your interest. No problem at all if you miss a session, I’ll be happy to help you catch up on whatever you miss – John, editor
Hello
Can I ask what time of day the course runs?
Thanks
Hi Stephen, yes it runs 7-9pm – John Baron, Editor