Kids to quiz Blair in pilot news scheme
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a44193/kids-to-quiz-blair-in-pilot-news-scheme.html
This story is about all the leaders of the political parties, including Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative leader David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell, Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones to be interviewed by a group of young school children who are going to publish their news on the internet as well as reports of how they are getting on being shown on tv news such as newsround.
BBC is helping young people get into the media and they have about 100 schools taking part in this scheme where they will be interviewing and putting together pieces of work which will be shown on tv and also on the internet.
Another thing that BBC is doing to help young people get into this field is having shows and films and guides about journalism to help teachers and pupils get the most from this.
"Edwards, himself a former teacher, was interviewed by pupils at Paddington Academy preparing to take part in the initiative. He said: "To teachers and adults I'd say any exercise that allows young people to develop these tricky skills in a fun, challenging environment has got to be worth it and for me that's the glory of BBC News School Report.""
My Comments:
I think this is a really good idea and if i was still that young i would have loved to take part in this. Not only do the kids get a wider knowledge about the country they live in, they also get a head start in journalism and editing etc. which are skills that will be so useful to you in the later part of your education.
Its also good to interview the politicians as kids are not as intimidating and you can get quite jokey with them and its enjoyable on the whole rather then an intimidating interogation with a mature journalist.
This story is about all the leaders of the political parties, including Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative leader David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell, Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond and Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones to be interviewed by a group of young school children who are going to publish their news on the internet as well as reports of how they are getting on being shown on tv news such as newsround.
BBC is helping young people get into the media and they have about 100 schools taking part in this scheme where they will be interviewing and putting together pieces of work which will be shown on tv and also on the internet.
Another thing that BBC is doing to help young people get into this field is having shows and films and guides about journalism to help teachers and pupils get the most from this.
"Edwards, himself a former teacher, was interviewed by pupils at Paddington Academy preparing to take part in the initiative. He said: "To teachers and adults I'd say any exercise that allows young people to develop these tricky skills in a fun, challenging environment has got to be worth it and for me that's the glory of BBC News School Report.""
My Comments:
I think this is a really good idea and if i was still that young i would have loved to take part in this. Not only do the kids get a wider knowledge about the country they live in, they also get a head start in journalism and editing etc. which are skills that will be so useful to you in the later part of your education.
Its also good to interview the politicians as kids are not as intimidating and you can get quite jokey with them and its enjoyable on the whole rather then an intimidating interogation with a mature journalist.
