PeoPo Summer Internship: Sowing the seeds of future citizen journalists

Over the course of this year’s summer vacation, PeoPo Summer Internship trained close to 100 young citizen journalists. This year, participating students produced nuanced, touching reports on everything from hometown issues and the Hong Kong street protests to parent-child relationships.

Following the summer internship, some students will continue to actively produce CJ reports, while others, for a variety of reasons, will drift away from it. However, regardless of what happens after the course, PeoPo Summer Internship is a life-changing experience that builds civic consciousness and empowers people to contribute to society. We hope that every young seedling sprouting forth from PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform will continue to thrive and voice out on grassroots issues long into the future.

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PeoPo暑期實習營 灑下公民新聞年輕種子

暑假即將進入尾聲，PoePo暑期實習營這兩個月來，培訓了將近100位的年輕公民記者，特別的是學生在找議題的過程中，有人關心自己的家鄉，有人用行動報導支持香港的抗議遊行活動，更有人反思了自己的親子關係，呈現出細膩且動人的報導。

這些同學從實習營結業後，有些會繼續投入公民報導，有些或者因為種種原因，比較少發表作品，但這段學習公民新聞的經驗，已經為他們帶來不一樣的轉變，更具有公民意識，也更懂得每個人都可以靠自己的力量，去為想要發聲的議題做出貢獻，這就是每年PeoPo公民新聞平台悉心灑下的年輕種子，期待能繼續茁壯，關心家鄉大小事。