We have mentioned CitizenRelay before, but yesterday The Edinburgh Reporter went along to their training session to see what the project is doing with the budding reporters who have already signed up. They were being coached in video by Adam Perry from MediaTrust who was helping with reporter training over four days in Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The group was using the University of Edinburgh’s wonderful Inspace facility in George Square which is so modern, hip and cool we want to move in…just look at the bean bags…
CitizenRelay will use citizen reporting to tell the stories behind the Olympic Torch relay journey as it passes through the UK. The torch comes to Edinburgh in June and there is apparently going to be a big bash at the Castle, featuring locally sourced music and entertainment. From 7 June 2012 when the Olympic Torch starts its Scottish journey, CitizenRelay will be following it in their bus, and will be using local reporters to upload stories to their website in multimedia format.
It is not too late for you to join in, and you will get details of how to do so on the website. And here is a video which explains more…
Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.
Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.
