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Manchester pupils become broadcasters for the day with Â鶹Éç News
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The Â鶹Éç is giving 12 and 13-year-olds in Manchester the chance to make their
own news at school and to broadcast it via the internet for a special project
on Thursday 22 March 2007.
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Budding news reporters will write, research and record their own news reports
for broadcast as part of Â鶹Éç News School Report - a new pilot Â鶹Éç initiative
helping to support citizenship in schools by teaching school students about
news.
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Students from Trinity Church of England High School, Manchester Academy,
Chorlton High School and Whalley Range School will work to a 2pm deadline to
broadcast reports they have prepared in advance and news stories produced on
the day, mirroring the job of real journalists.
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Some will be making television news, some will be reporting for radio and some
are writing web pages but all of the material they produce will be available
via the internet at bbc.co.uk/schoolreport.
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These reports will also be published (broadcast) on the schools' websites and
Â鶹Éç journalists around the country will feature the schools' activities on TV,
radio and online.
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As well as producing a television news piece which gives an exclusive sneak
preview of a computer game six months in advance of it hitting the shops, the
pupils will also tackle immigration, gun crime and dangerous dogs.
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And they
will also be joined by a very special guest, new pop sensation Lil' Chris.
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The Manchester schools will also be part of a unique broadcast - a web
cast of their entire day's activities, how they gathered the news, who they
interviewed and how they put their bulletin together.
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It will be the first time that Â鶹Éç News has ever webcast an event that is not
breaking news.
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School Report Live will come live from Central Manchester City
Learning Centre - where the schools are gathering on the day - and where Â鶹Éç
News 24 presenter Ellie Crisell will join the students to record their
efforts as the day progresses.
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The team will be "on air" at bbc.co.uk/schoolreport from 9am to 4pm and News
24 and Newsround will be looking to chat to students and their teachers
throughout the day.
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The schools will be helped by mentors from Â鶹Éç Radio
Manchester who have been working with them over the past few months.
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In the lead up to the day Â鶹Éç North West Tonight presenter Gordon Burns will
also be offering the pupils top tips. He will visit Manchester City Learning
Centre for a special Question and Answer session with the pupils on Monday
19 March.
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Gordon says: "I am delighted to be involved in this project as it will give
young people the chance to make the news themselves and will give me the
opportunity to share with them the principles of good journalism.
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"It will be a
fantastic day and, as well as being educational, should be fun and inspiring."
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Dr Catherine Alnuamaani, Head of Year 8, at Trinity High School, said: "This
project has allowed our young people to learn how the news is put together.
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"They have learnt how to research, write and present their own stories as well
as to criticise and edit their own reports.
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"They have learnt the importance of
accurate reporting and importantly they have chosen to report on stories that
are important to them, as teenagers in inner city Manchester."
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For more information about Â鶹Éç News School Report visit
bbc.co.uk/schoolreport.
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Â鶹Éç Manchester Press Office
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