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Headliners

Headliners is a UK-wide news agency producing news, features and comment by young people for everyone.

Through a unique learning through journalism programme, young people aged 8 to 18 research and write stories on issues that are important to them for publication in national and local newspapers, magazines, television and radio.

The agency is open to all young people but recruitment is targeted at those who would most benefit from the programme.

The aim of Headliners, a registered charity, is to bring the voice of young people to a wide audience and through their work with young people have a long term impact on:

� confidence and self-esteem

� literacy and academic performance

� leadership and ability to work in teams

� oral and written communication skills

� social skills and independence

� expectations of future prospects

Currently they recruit in disadvantaged inner city areas. Headliners thrives on diversity, successfully bringing together young people, 8 to 18, from all backgrounds and welcoming young people with all abilities. More than 500 young people in six UK cities participated in Headliners projects last year.

Headliners is a place where young people:

� make the decisions and take responsibility

� meet people they wouldn't meet anywhere else

� influence adult opinion

� discover new opportunities

Why journalism?

They have discovered that journalism provides an ideal tool with which kids can develop their potential.

Every Headliners story involves its members in:

� identifying an idea to pursue

� assessing its relevance for Headliners

� taking the idea apart and looking at it from all angles

� conducting background research

� teamwork

� teasing out questions to ask

� organising, preparing for, running and recording an interview or roundtable

� reading the transcript, selecting and arranging key elements

� determining the final text

Headliners has a remarkable success rate and if you�d like to be a part of it then visit www.headliners.org

�Project Subway�

�Are you someone who has a view or opinion to share but not a forum to bring it to a wider audience?

Children�s Express (CE) has responded to this need by introducing something new, fresh and innovative. If an interest in media is what you have then here is the place to express it.

CE is currently recruiting potential trendsetters, creative minds and pioneers to embark on a groundbreaking experience using journalism as the vehicle.

�Project Subway� is a journey consisting of numerous station stops including; visits to media organisations to explore how they work, opportunities to gain work experience at leading youth related publications, the chance to interview leading icons in the world of politics and entertainment and much more.

In addition the project will also offer recognised accreditation, the opportunity to have work published in the press or broadcast on radio and television, and the chance to increase your confidence, self-belief and will to succeed whilst pursuing a potential career path.

If you are a young person aged 16-19 based in Lambeth, Southwark, Camden, Islington or Westminster and not currently in employment then you are exactly who we are looking for.

CE provides young people with an avenue to voice their opinions on matters they find of value through television, online, radio and the mainstream print.

Project Subway Formula. 2005/6

Time Scale: Six Weeks

No. of Sessions: 12

Length of Sessions: 3hrs

Total available hours within structured learning format: 36 hours per learner. (In addition to any work taking place outside of workshop sessions.)

The first four weeks introduce the basic elements of journalism. The final two weeks are based upon creating a piece of media utilising the methods, techniques and skills learnt in the previous four weeks. Examples of final work include: radio package, broadcast news story/documentary, print feature/news story.

(Weeks seven and eight are utilised by the facilitators to edit final work and tidy up portfolios put forward for accreditation.)

For more information contact:

Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa

Tel: 020 7833 2577

www.headliners.org

Email: tokunbo.ajasa-oluwa@headliners.org

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