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Do you want to improve your skills
in writing, blogging, social media,
photography, video making,
engaging with your MP, etc?
The join our free mentoring sessions
with experts in the field
The Migrant Voice Media lab project has
now started and our first session in
Birmingham will take place on
September 3rd from 3.00 – 8.00pm
(you can drop in during these times)
at Piers Road Resource Centre,
1 Piers Rd, Birmingham, West Midlands
B21 0UY
Are you working on a new article?
Writing a blog? Taking photo that
tells a story? Producing a short
messaging video? Or simply wanting
to improve your social media skills?
Then drop in at our next Media Lab
session and get free professional
practical support and mentoring
from experts.
For the September 3rd session
we have following experts:
Niki Anastasopoulou,
News and Documentary Producer
– from 3.00 – 8.00 pm to help with
video making and editing
Salman Mirza, – Asylum immigration
advisor, and campaigner, with
experience successfully getting
stories covered by the national media
from 3.00-5.00 pm – to help with how to
get your message across in an interview
or article.
Anne Stoltenberg – photography trainer – from 3.00 – 8.00 pm – to help with photography projects
The additional theme for this lab will be
‘Who? Me? – the personal impact of the
immigration debate’. If you are not
already working on a project, we hope
this will inspire you to produce media
around this theme.
Please note that it is important to sign
up for a time slot – so please contact
about which practical support you are
looking for on the 3rd and what time
you are available.
More information about the project:
When: our mentoring sessions are once
per month.
Where: Piers Road Resource Centre,
1 Piers Rd, Birmingham,
West Midlands
B21 0UY
Who can join: Migrant Voice members.
Non- members who are interested can
join the network first. Membership is
free.
About the project:
The Migrant Media Lab project aims to
strengthen the capacity of migrant
voices by building practical media
skills and supporting migrants’
participation in the public debate.
The Migrant Media Lab project will
also run regular, one-on-one and
small group mentoring sessions led
by volunteer journalists and media experts in London. The sessions will focus on using social media,
producing videos, writing articles and
blog posts, as well as conducting
interviews, practising interview skills,
and how to engage with your MP?
Participants will have an opportunity
to further develop their skills leading
to the production of media outputs.
The project will also provide training
session in using social media,
producing videos, writing articles and
blog posts, as well as conducting interviews
and practising interview skills.
As part of the Migrant Media Lab project,
we also organise discussions on current
policy developments and further
opportunities for public engagement,
to ensure that our media work always
ties into the wider context of the migration
debate in the UK.
If you are interested in getting involved
with the Migrant Media Lab, please get in
About Migrant Voice:
We are a migrant led organisation with
the aim to strengthen the voice of migrants
in the media and public domain by
increasing their skills and confidence in
conveying key messages about their
realities to promote a more balanced
media coverage and debate on migration.
For more information, visit:
Photo: by Mike Hiltunen
