Straight Outa Bristol
January 4, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Bristol, Community Media, Media , add a comment
The last episode of the 2006 series of Straight Outa Bristol, Sam Downie’s popular music podcast series, is now available through the iTunes Store, for FREE download.
A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the Internet, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. A podcast is distinguished from other digital audio formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically using software capable of reading feeds like iTunes. More info about podcasting is available at Wikipedia.
The Straight Outa Bristol series has gained over 7 thousand listeners in the past year - making this one of the UK’s most listened to independent podcasts, on the iTunes Store.
The episode is a wrap-up show featuring some of the best interviews and music, from the past year including 100Strong, Paul Whitrow, Deepmasters, DJ Parker, 3D and The Transpersonals.
For further info on the episode and series, visit the website at:
2nd Barton Hill, Bristol Animation Festival
January 3, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Community Media, Media, Events, News , 2 commentsCommunity at Heart’s Arts & Media Project are currently programming the second Barton Hill Animation Festival for March 2007 and are looking for submissions from both professionals or amateurs for this celebration of animation. If you would like to submit an animation, send it as either an AVI or MOV file on DVD to:
Tracy Parsons, Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, Beam Street, Barton Hill, Bristol, BS5 9QY
Work will not be returned unless an SAE is enclosed. Deadline: 30th January 2007. For further information contact Tracy on 0117 3041419
Knowle West Media Centre meets Simon Willis
December 14, 2006 Posted by Roz in : Education, Digital Challenge, e-democracy, Community Media, Learning, Skills, Connecting Bristol , 1 comment so far6 November 2006
I met with Simon Willis who told me that he has worked for seven years as a detached youth worker in Knowle West and adjacent areas. He told me he had worked in Merrywood and Hengrove with young people on the brink of exclusion. Simon highlighted that detached work is very different from other ways of working with young people. He said that he thought this was to do with being on young people’s own ‘patch’ and the consequent impact on the power relationship, which shifts in such contexts.
Simon explained that he establishes a relationship with young people through dialogue, to get a sense of what might interest them and sometimes he might make suggestions. Simon then talked about the ways in which he has used digital media as a means by which to engage some young people in a process. He talked about how engagement in a meaningful process gave young people a reason to be around youth workers.
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Knowle West Media Centre meets Sally Clements
December 4, 2006 Posted by Roz in : Digital Challenge, Community Media, Skills , add a comment31 October 2006
I went to the Health Park where I met with Sally Clements. Sally explained her role at the Health Park to me. She told me that she is employed by the NHS as a local health trainer, which is about working in the community with people at risk to support them to make positive changes in their lives, if they felt they needed to. Some of this support was through signposting people to other local agencies and organisations. However, the role has changed and Sally’s work now focuses on working with people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, chronic heart disease, diabetes and those awaiting surgery by offering them support to stop smoking.
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