InSITE Scoops Top Award
Some of the InSITE Team being presented with the Positive Images Award at the New Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden
Herefordshire’s youth e-magazine InSITE (www.insitemag.net) has won this year’s Young People Now Positive Images award for ‘Best interactive media produced by young people for young people.’
The awards aim to celebrate positive portrayals of young people in the media and proactivity among young people, youth groups and the media in promoting affirmative images of young people.
InSITE showcases the latest work from young people across Herefordshire and the project’s young editors, reporters and designers also create exciting content for the interactive mutli-media website with support from professionals at The Rural Media Company.
The content was excellent and the design very slick''
The site features a host of articles of interest to young people including film and gig reviews, real life stories, games and recipes. The judges highlighted in particular articles about a new Youth Council, how to volunteer locally and interviews with the drugs squad and safety partnerships published on the site in the last year.
InSITE is part of Youth Times, The Rural Media Company’s youth media education project. Youth Times gives young people aged 13 to 19 the opportunity to use the latest multimedia technology, gain skills, be creative and have fun. Through a range of workshops the project aims to inspire young people to use media to explore issues, debate, create and express themselves.
Four members of the InSITE editorial team and staff from The Rural Media Company were presented with a winning certificate at a ceremony which took place at the Youth Summit in London on 25th of June.
The awards were judged by a panel comprising leading youth sector figures, previous winners and, most importantly, young people themselves.
One of the judges Rahul Verma described why InSITE stood out from the rest "The content was excellent and the design very slick. The site also offered the opportunity for young people to have discussions."
