Roaming Reporters - Europe
Roaming Reporters supports the creation of reports for all forms of mass media on the part of youngsters throughout Europe, combined with an Internet-based dialogue. By setting up training workshops in conjunction with kid-centred media events, the project seeks to turn the act of reporting into a language of communication among young people and to create intelligent users of the mass media who possess critical viewpoints and can express themselves to a wider audience. Roaming Reporters is one of the experimental applications of informal education of the Media Summer School, a joint project developed by the European Children's Television Centre, the Giffoni Film Festival, and Radiofabrik. Beginning as a pilot European project in Greece, Italy, and Austria, the programme aims to have worldwide appeal.
Communication Strategies
Roaming Reporters is centred around a hands-on workshop that introduces audiovisual creation with the use of web technology to young people aged 14 to 18, organised within the framework of the Mediterranean Regional Summit AGORA (a gateway to online high quality resources in the arts, humanities, and theology). AGORA was organised for the first time by the European Children's Television Centre in the framework of the 3rd World Summit on Media for Children, held in March 2001 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Click here for a summary of the 2003 event; click here for details about the 2004 event, which was held June 18-21 2004 in Greece.
As part of the AGORA conference, children from all over the world have a chance to combine traditional and new media to create their own informative, educational, and recreational content based on AGORA events, which focus on youth and media. These reports are based on 3 issues (sports, cinema, and historical memory) and are adapted to the particular linguistic and cultural traits of Europe. A special editing bay on the AGORA premises for the processing of audiovisual material is at the disposal of the young media makers. Through the production and compilation of daily reports, Roaming Reporters aspires to be the official voice of the events. To prepare young participants for this role, workshops focus on building skills in language, criticism, and digital technology. Emphasis is placed on collective creation and cultural exchange, as well as on applied training in the new tools and methods of production that have evolved with the dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
The youngsters' work will be presented in mass media around Europe and the on the Internet, according to special agreements with media, and possibly the EURONEWS Network. The Roaming Reporters will also produce (in video and CD format) the results of the work of the participants, disseminating these materials to all active European digital media literacy groups. These materials will be shaped by a process of finding the most convenient e-learning tools for distance learning. This educational material will be available to any country that may be interested, as part of a strategy for creating a movement supportive of young people's public voice by bringing youth together to shape global policy-making.
This process is supported by an interactive website functioning as an e-learning tool and discussion environment for youngsters, educators, and producers worldwide. Beginning in March 2004, a portal will function as a meeting place for the project partners and for young participants. Learning points gleaned from the workshops - and focussed on youth media and digital content development in general - will be shared here. An archive of the youth reports will be provided. One of the key purposes of this portal is instigating intra-European dialogue among young people from different backgrounds, and between young people and professionals. A dedicated forum will be developed for that purpose.
As part of the AGORA conference, children from all over the world have a chance to combine traditional and new media to create their own informative, educational, and recreational content based on AGORA events, which focus on youth and media. These reports are based on 3 issues (sports, cinema, and historical memory) and are adapted to the particular linguistic and cultural traits of Europe. A special editing bay on the AGORA premises for the processing of audiovisual material is at the disposal of the young media makers. Through the production and compilation of daily reports, Roaming Reporters aspires to be the official voice of the events. To prepare young participants for this role, workshops focus on building skills in language, criticism, and digital technology. Emphasis is placed on collective creation and cultural exchange, as well as on applied training in the new tools and methods of production that have evolved with the dissemination of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
The youngsters' work will be presented in mass media around Europe and the on the Internet, according to special agreements with media, and possibly the EURONEWS Network. The Roaming Reporters will also produce (in video and CD format) the results of the work of the participants, disseminating these materials to all active European digital media literacy groups. These materials will be shaped by a process of finding the most convenient e-learning tools for distance learning. This educational material will be available to any country that may be interested, as part of a strategy for creating a movement supportive of young people's public voice by bringing youth together to shape global policy-making.
This process is supported by an interactive website functioning as an e-learning tool and discussion environment for youngsters, educators, and producers worldwide. Beginning in March 2004, a portal will function as a meeting place for the project partners and for young participants. Learning points gleaned from the workshops - and focussed on youth media and digital content development in general - will be shared here. An archive of the youth reports will be provided. One of the key purposes of this portal is instigating intra-European dialogue among young people from different backgrounds, and between young people and professionals. A dedicated forum will be developed for that purpose.
Development Issues
Children, Youth.
Partners
European Children's Television Center, Giffoni Film Festival, and Radiofabrik.
Sources
Email from Miomir Rajcevic to The Roaming Reporters network on January 26 2004; and the Roaming Reporters website.
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