Community journalists tell their stories to VIEWdigital

Maha Al-Hakimi from Yemen, above, was among the first participants on the recently-started VIEWdigital Community Journalism course. Her story is about a mother and daughter from Sudan and the challenges they faced when they arrived in Belfast – READ MORE (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

Growing up as a child, I was considered weird, uncomfortable to talk to, and difficult to understand

Disability rights activist and community journalist Mark Cousins, above, who works in Open Arts as a Communications and Development Assistant, says that his experience with every single service aimed at helping him to navigate his autism diagnosis was negative. – READ MORE (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

A report found that while 68 percent of charity sector staff are women, only
56–63 percent of CEOs are female

Dervilia Kernaghan, above, who attended the VIEWdigital Community Journalism course, says that despite women comprising the majority of the workforce in the voluntary/community sector, they remain under-represented at certain levels of leadership. – READ MORE (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

At Mexican Dance Belfast, our main aim is simple: to dance and enjoy it

Mayte Segura, above, director of Mexican Dance Belfast, tells why she decided to set up a folk dance group in Belfast. Mayte was among the first participants on the VIEWdigital Community Journalism course. READ MORE (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)

Sign up to join our next Community Journalism Workshop

Trainers Una Murphy, Jude Hill, and Brian Pelan

If you would like to take part in the next Community Journalism training course – starting in September – and are a migrant women or a disabled person, please contact VIEWdigital co-founder Una Murphy at unamurphy@viewdigital.org (Öffnet in neuem Fenster) with a one page outline of the factual story about a social issue you’d like to tell and why you’re a good person to tell it. READ MORE (Öffnet in neuem Fenster)