Solutions Journalism - Community Reporters Training Programme

Greater Govanhill are pleased to announce a free training course for members of the local community, which will introduce participants to journalism skills, which will then be applied to covering solutions to health inequalities.

The course, which will run from October - December 2022, will be a mixture of in-person and online sessions. Each participant will receive one-on-one mentoring in developing their own stories and have the opportunity to collaborate with others

No previous experience is required.

The course will provide an introduction to general journalism skills including:

  • Story generation and development

  • Interviewing and research

  • Writing and editing

  • Investigative techniques including fact checking and data journalism

  • Multimedia skills including photography, video and radio production

  • Magazine design and page layout

The course will have a specific focus on solutions journalism - and applying this approach to issues around health inequalities. Participants will be given support to work on these stories and will be paid for all articles published on this topic. Workshops will be delivered by experts from Greater Govanhill and The Ferret.

The training course is entirely free. Assistance can be provided with transportation or to mitigate any other barriers that might prevent you from attending. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

The course is open to anyone in or around Govanhill. In keeping with the ethos of the magazine, we are particularly keen to hear people who feel they are under-represented in the media.

The training dates are still to be defined, but will mostly be held online on weekday evenings with some longer, in-person sessions taking place on weekends.

Interested? Please find the application form below. It can also be accessed here. It shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes to fill out.

Deadline 5pm 28 September 2022

If you are having an problems filling in the form and would like to apply another way, or have any further questions please email hello@greatergovanhill.com