Community Reporter Sites

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The feeds below are coming in from people all over Manchester.

If you're based in Manchester, or doing things in Manchester, and have a blog or a website, why not link it up to our site via an RSS feed? You'll get thousands more people reading about the things that matter to you.

Some of the feeds are coming from people who are registered as Community Reporters. Community Reporters are ordinary people who have got something to say, and enjoy saying it. If you've got access to a computer, you can be a Community Reporter. You can use words, pictures, audio or video - whatever you feel most comfortable with, it doesn't really matter. Likewise it doesn't really matter what you talk or write about (within reason! See our editorial policy) – it doesn't have to be 'news', as such, it can just be something you want people to know about.

If you're already doing something- perhaps you write a blog - you can become a Community Reporter without doing anything more than what you're doing at the moment. Being a Community Reporter means that you'll get access to free training and media equipment, such as video cameras and laptops, which you can then use to produce even more content, in even more imaginative ways! All we ask from you is that you produce something that we can link to on the site.

If you're new to all this stuff, but want to get involved, we can offer you training, starting with the basics of using a computer, to how to make and edit your own films.

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1.The Manchester Blog Awards 2008(Wednesday 20th of August 2008 02:34:14 AM 7 hours, 16 minutes ago ) As if in response to Julie’s recent plea for the city’s bloggers to emerge from the woodwork, Kate over at the vacationing Manchizzle has just announced details of the third annual Manchester Blog Awards.

The event’s format has worked well (I would say that, wouldn’t i?) but this year...
2.Beck’s Fusions at Castlefield Arena(Monday 18th of August 2008 10:24:33 AM 1 day, 23 hours ago ) Beck’s Fusions isn’t Manchester’s first corporate-sponsored arts festival, nor will it be the last. But this one is notable for the line-up the mediocre lager brand has assembled. Headlined by Massive Attack, the Bristol trip-hoppers who haven’t played in Manchester since 2003, other highlights include New York’s Hercules and Love...
3.Beck’s Fusions at Castlefield Arena(Monday 18th of August 2008 10:24:33 AM 1 day, 23 hours ago ) Beck’s Fusions isn’t Manchester’s first corporate-sponsored arts festival, nor will it be the last. But this one is notable for the line-up the mediocre lager brand has assembled. Headlined by Massive Attack, the Bristol trip-hoppers who haven’t played in Manchester since 2003, other highlights include New York’s Hercules and Love...
4.So where have all the Manchester bloggers gone?(Thursday 14th of August 2008 12:14:56 PM 5 days, 21 hours ago )
That’s the question posed by Julie Delvaux over at her Notebooks - Los Cuadernos de Julia blog. A year or two ago there were semi-regular events organised by and for Manchester’s blogging community - but in 2008 not even a quiet pint in a dingy pub (the Castle has...
5.Salford Folding Bike Race(Wednesday 13th of August 2008 10:44:09 PM 6 days, 11 hours ago ) It’s been a while since I last wrote about cycling but the Salford Folding Bike Race, which takes place on Saturday 30 August as part of the Salford Nocturne, is well worth a mention.

The competitors, dressed in business attire, will wait 10 metres away from their folded bikes....
6.Les Puddings Noir at the Library Theatre(Tuesday 12th of August 2008 04:28:08 PM 1 week ago ) Back to the theatre and this time the Library Theatre plays host to Les Puddings Noir, a ’slice of hilarious social satire’ following MaD Theatre’s 2006 sell-out Asbo and last year’s She’s Just Nipped Out For Fags.

The synopsis sounds entertaining:
In a bid to become Europe’s Capital of...
7.Anime film screenings this summer at Urbis(Monday 11th of August 2008 11:01:13 PM 1 week, 1 day ago ) I paid a visit to Urbis on Friday, mainly to check out the aforementioned Best of Manchester exhibition (the Rags to Bitches and UHC work being the highlights). The place is full of exhibitions at the moment though, from the welcome greenery of Urban Gardening to the ever-so-bright Matthew Williamson...
8.New GMCC structure(Friday 08th of August 2008 09:33:34 PM 1 week, 4 days ago ) GMCC has a new structure, to improve communication with members and the wider public, and to make sure that each campaign and issue we’re working on has someone monitoring it and pushing it forward.
So as well as the existing elected roles, we’ve introduced faciliators, each one...
9.Best of Manchester Awards - the winners(Friday 08th of August 2008 12:25:47 PM 1 week, 4 days ago ) The site’s been getting literally tens of hits from people trying to find out who won at last night’s Best of Manchester Awards ceremony. Here’s what you’re looking for:
Music: Richard Cheetham, High Voltage
Fashion: Simon Buckley, Rags to Bitches
Art: Naomi Kashiwagi, conceptual artist
So I scored precisely 1...
10.Weekender: Helen of Troy and Acid Mothers Temple(Friday 08th of August 2008 11:08:08 AM 1 week, 4 days ago ) Mancubist is pretty music-centric at the moment, which I’ll aim to address in the coming weeks, but in the meantime here are a couple more events that I’d recommend this weekend:
Saturday night welcomes this month’s instalment of Helen Of Troy Does Countertop Dancing - or HOTDCD, to shave off...
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