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THE SEARCH IS ON……..
Pupils across the country are being encouraged to try their hand at journalism thanks to an innovative online tool, Making The News, where they can enter national competition and win some fantastic prizes.

Making The News, created and hosted by the Regional Broadband Consortia, allows pupils to research, write and publish news reports, interviews, articles and flash-blogs online.  With advice and tools to create fully designed “newspapers” and tips on writing styles, Making The News encourages creativity, communication and literacy skills.

For the second year running, the RBCs have launched ‘The Making The News National Competition’. The competition aims to showcase the best budding journalists in schools throughout the UK by giving pupils the chance to write their own news material based around ten categories. The categories range from, Best Local News Story and Best Field Trip to Best Personal Story and Best Overseas Report.

Schools can register now online (http://mtncomp.e2bn.net) and enter their news stories from the 1st December to the 16th December 2006 via the MTN competition website.