Young man’s journey from inner-city Bristol to interview with Prime Minister

by thebexter on 27-Nov-09 16:48

Young man’s journey from inner-city Bristol to interview with Prime Minister
 
Yesterday was a proud day for 21 year old Bristol man V.Go as his political documentary ‘Win my Vote’ was screened at a special reception in London.

V.Go was given unprecedented access to the political arena at this year’s party conferences – interviewing Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Peter Mandleson and Boris Johnson. The Times followed him in a series of features and his journey was filmed to be broadcast on Community Channel.

V.Go’s journalistic journey began earlier this year with HearSay!, a Bristol-based, Mediabox-funded project to give young people the chance to experience researching, writing and producing short news packages. The three-month scheme, managed by Bristol production company, Calling The Shots, paired V.Go with Firstborn Creatives to make ‘The Role Model’ in which he sets out to find out if having a black man in The Whitehouse makes a difference to black young people in the UK.

It was taking part in the Hearsay! Scheme which led to V.Go attracting the attention of the Media Trust and making his latest film ‘Win my Vote’.

Steve Gear, Calling the Shots said
‘We’re thrilled to see V.Go moving on to bigger and better things. It’s a great result for him and for the HearSay! Project that got him started. Hearsay! raised the profile of young people as creators of the news rather than just the subject of the news. His film for HearSay! saw him talking about Obama in the Whitehouse and here he is talking to Gordon Brown. What a result!’

Visit the Community Channel website to watch the film and find out more.

Tagged:Mediabox, Media Trust, Calling the Shots, Hearsay