The Supporter to Reporter programme is a project whereby young people get the oppoutunity to work alongside other young poeple to become sports journalists and interview sports stars. Here at the Saints Study Centre we have a 3 day course in which year 7 pupils from Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough are going to improve their interviewing and media skills
On the first day of the course, the day began by having a photo with Neil Best! The group then signed up to the strictly monitored S2R network in order for them to carry on interviewing sports stars even after the 3 day course has finished and upload their work onto their profile! They were taught interview techniques and how to use the recording equipment which they could then put into practice in the afternoon session where they were given the oppourtunity to interview a range of employees at the Saints about their roles and aspirations.
Even though this is a daunting task, all the pupils took the challenge on with great confidence and asked some probing questions! However, the task didn’t end there as they had to edit their interviews which they could then upload onto their S2R work profile. If all this was acomplished on the first day of the programme, then by the end of the week, they will all be journalistic geniuses!
Tomorrow, we have the privilege of visiting the BBC television centre for the day and participating in a tour around the building. Friday’s plan is to take their interviewing techniques one step further and interviewing some Saints Academy players; you never know, one day, it could be members of the first team on a match day for live television!
The group have had a great spirit throughout the whole day, which I’m sure will be taken into the days to come! Some comments from the pupils:
”My favourite part of the day was interviewing the Stadium Manager and the Communcations Manager because they were honest with their answers and they were really friendly”, says Kim.
“I really enjoyed learning how to use the interviewing technology because it was such good fun!”, says Natalie.
“I enjoyed the first day, it was really entertaining and fun- the gadgets were the best!”, says Matthew.
