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 news 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 Truly Scrummy on Horsforth Town Street. WLD started covering Horsforth earlier this year and we’ve been blown away by the interest in the town.
There will be refreshments – and the course looks great on your CV as you 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, 21 May (7-9pm) and runs for six sessions finishing on Wednesday, 25 June. Sessions run at Truly Scrummy cafe, Horsforth Town Street.
- More details about the course – and how to sign up – can be found here.
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