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The Reporters' Academy at the Track World Cup

Posted: 24th February 2011

Youth reporters deliver their take on the Manchester Track World Cup

For the three days of the Track Cycling World Cup Classics in Manchester, the press centre was awash with journalists and photographers from both the mainstream and cycling media. Amid the rows of hard-nosed, jaded journo types was a band of youthful, fresh-faced individuals from The Reporters' Academy, a specialist youth journalists' programme, who'd been tasked by event organisers to produce a series of Track World Cup shorts - highlighting different aspects of the event. The Academy's strapline is "Where Youth Produce" - and if you take a look at the video, we think you'll agree - the youthful Academy journalists certainly produced (and directed, and filmed, and starred...)

To view all of The Reporters' Academy's videos check out their YouTube channel.