BIGGLESWADE TALKING NEWSPAPER

We are seeking the following volunteers

Volunteers work in teams, covering every edition of the “Biggleswade Chronicle". These roles would be great for people wanting experience in the broadcast media, or for journalists and broadcasters who can use their skills to help reach blind and partially- sighted residents. You don’t need previous experience, you just need to be willing to come along and learn. Training is available for all posts.

Are you interested in the local News?  Would you be interested in joining the group of people who compile the Talking Newspaper each Friday from The Biggleswade Chronicle?  We produce it for any sight impaired people who choose to take up our offer of recordings.

 

 We are organized into 5 teams, each requiring the input of 8 people.  There are 4 regular monthly productions and the 5th team covers the occasional 5th Friday in a month and offers cover for members of teams 1-4 when they are unavailable for their session. 

 

 If you would like to find out more please contact the Chairman, (Nick Gurney) on 01767 312 830

 

We are seeking a new editor

 

Free copies of The Chronicle are obtained from their office in Biggleswade and the editing done early on Friday in time for the production team members to receive their edited scripts by 7pm at Abbotsbury Day Centre. This vacancy is to join our week two team.

 

Other Roles

 

In an addition we also require a Technician, this involves working in a team of two to record the voices of our readers using mixer desk and our new digital equipment.  This would be once a month on a Friday evening 7pm-8.30pm and would be to join our week four team

 

We are also seeking two Despatch  Officer’s - involves liaising with our listener liaison officer and visiting the recording centre on a Friday for approx 20/30 minutes once a month, and this would be to join our week four and five teams.

For further details about all of these roles phone Nick Gurney 01767 312830

 

http://www.biggleswadetalkingnewspaper.org.uk/index.html