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Working with the charity WORLDwrite, volunteers are needed to join a team committed to developing an alternative monthly newsreel and fledgling News Channel. Covering work produced by the charity’s volunteers, as well as key debates and issues, the newsreel will examine the hot issues, investigate alternative views and summarise opinions. The newsreels will not cover the usual stories or existing preoccupations but will seek out local and global subjects which challenge prevailing assumptions, advance new knowledge and critique contemporary fads. With an uncompromising stance on global equality, the fledgling channel and its monthly programme will seek to influence prevailing attitudes and ideas and will not shy away from the hard arguments. WORLDwrite is looking for volunteer presenters to lead on issues for a monthly programme. Presenters will need to develop their scripts, do some fast background preparation on issues and confidently present difficult and sometimes unpopular views, and be prepared to interrogate subjects in interview situations. Volunteers can take on presenting one aspect of a programme or more according to time. Preparatory work may be done from home or college but volunteers will need to be available for some evening and weekend shoots. This project welcomes newcomers to the UK to help advance a truly global perspective.

No experience required but a good communicator and willingness to prepare really well on all the arguments is essential for this role. A commitment to global equality is a must!

Contact one of WORLDwrite's Volunteer Coordinators Emma Grant or Aisha Forbes at world.write@btconnect.com and visit the website www.worldwrite.org.uk for more information.