wfn.org | Changhua Presbytery trains members to become model reporters

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>3042 Edition

>June 14~June 20, 2010

Changhua Presbytery trains members to become model reporters

>Reported by Chen Wei-chien

>Written by Lydia Ma

Are you frustrated at the excess of negative coverage in  mainstream media? 
Well, stop

complaining and do something about it! Take out your camera and  head outdoors 
to write

your own news articles. In this age of internet technology,  everyone can be a 
prime reporter

>and photographer.

Aware of these trends and needs, Changhua Presbytery invited Chou  Chih-tsun 
from Public

Television Services (Channel 13) media planning department to  coach interested 
members

into becoming good reporters. The seminar was held at He-Mei  Presbyterian 
Church and co-

sponsored by the presbytery’s mass communication and church &  society 
committees.

Chou gave the audience a few tips on how to become a reporter by  listing the 
characteristics

of a good reporter, training the audience to determine a  story’s 
“news-worthiness”, and giving

a computer tutorial on page layout and editing.

In reality, Public Television Services created a site as early as  2007 for the 
public to freely

post stories. Upon registration, anyone from the public can  receive tutorials 
on how to write

articles and post their own news stories on the website. The  majority of items 
posted are local

news and the site has already attracted more than 3 thousand  member writers.

According to Changhua Presbytery, this is the first time it has  held such a 
seminar. The goal of

the seminar is to encourage and train church members to fulfill  their civic 
duties and

obligations to society, and equip them with skills to speak out  for justice.

Chen Jiun-hong, a church elder who signed up for this seminar,  reported that 
participants

learned how to do better video recordings and recognize the  news-worthiness of 
everyday

events. Such training helped them look at the world from a  different 
perspective and pick out

events or stories that may impact their community most.

>For more information, go to www.peopo.org

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