Butterworth parish organises ‘Cub Reporters Workshop’

A ‘Cub Reporters Workshop’ was organised by Anne Marie and Sheila Rose, at the Chapel of Sts Chasten and Imbert. It was the first time that such a workshop was carried out to recruit more people who have the knack for writing, but also to give them the opportunity of serving God in this ministry.

The participants were from all age groups — the youngest was barely fifteen and the oldest was a senior citizen. We also had the privilege of having Fr Louis Loi as one of the participants.

All thirteen of us came with just one goal in mind — an ardent desire to gain knowledge and to enjoy the three-hour lecture! Throughout the course of the workshop, notes were taken and essential questions asked.

Apart from that, we learned about ‘news values,’ different types of ‘writing-leads’ and examples of ‘sports-reporting.’

It was not merely passive learning where we just sit and listen to a lecture being delivered. It certainly required a little bit of effort on our part: carrying out brief writing attempts on our own. Perhaps that was when every participant felt a little unsure; however, after several minutes, we were all giving it a go — to be perfectly honest, we were actually enjoying the challenge.

The truth of the matter is, improving one’s writing is not an easy task by any means, without a doubt, it takes lots of hours of practice; moreover, making mistakes along the way will naturally be an inevitable part of the learning process.

The presenters were a diverse group of professionals who have had years of experience on various types of writing: Sheila Rose, Anil Netto, Anne Marie and Fabian Peter.

Basically, they dealt with the relevant aspects of report-writing as simply and concisely as they possibly could. In addition, the presenters were warm and friendly, and they were easy to get along with. That too, by the way, made the learning fun and interesting.

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