Is the local coffee shop the new newsroom?

Have you always wanted to write an article but worried about how to get started? Well Citizens Eye may have found a solution.

You can drop into our new Community News Cafe every Tuesday from 9.30-10.30am.

The Citizen Reporters, who volunteer their time to report on local events and identify community news stories use the Kona Blue Coffee shop in Highcross.

If you want to find out more information about becoming a Citizen Reporter, you can drop in and meet volunteers who can help in getting your message out to a wider audience.

Come and find out how you can play an active role in reporting on your neighbourhood, ward meetings, charity events and much more.

For further details please email John Coster editor@citizenseye.org

Research:

Could the local coffee shop become the new newsroom for local reporters?

According to Mallary Tenore at PoynterOnline, journalists operating out of coffee shops in the US have been finding stories and making contacts like never before, as they quite literally integrate themselves within their community patch. 

Many editors consider their best reporters the ones they never see — because they’re out in the community. Fisher at The Washington Post said the reporters who worked out of coffee shops for the day found sources and stories they may not have otherwise come across.

Read more at www.journalism.co.uk