Several CJs win lifelong learning awards

Community colleges are a key channel for the government to promote a diverse range of learning programs for senior citizens. PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform actively cooperates with several community colleges to educate more people about citizen journalism. Through such courses, PeoPo aims to encourage everyday people to take action and report on community issues. Taipei City Government recently held a special award ceremony for lifelong learning. The winners included Chen Shumin, a teacher of citizen journalism in many community colleges and several other citizen journalists.

Lifelong learning is an important trend in society. Older students bring a depth of life wisdom to citizen journalism and demonstrate the power of voicing out for the benefit of society. Through PeoPo Citizen Journalism Platform, we are not only able to read the wonderful reports by such CJs but also feel their passion for learning and concern for the community. Hopefully, this positive energy will spread and encourage more seniors citizens to join the CJ ranks.

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社區大學是政府推動全方位樂齡學習的重要管道，PeoPo公民新聞平台也與多所社區大學積極合作，透過課程讓更多人認識公民新聞，進而產生行動，去報導關心社區的公共議題及大小故事。台北市日前特別舉辦終身學習楷模的頒獎典禮，包括帶領台北市多所社大公民新聞社的老師陳淑敏、以及多位公民記者獲獎。

樂齡學習是重要的趨勢，而這些帶著人生智慧的社大學員公民記者，更是展現了關懷社會的行動力，我們在PeoPo公民新聞平台上，不僅可以看到他們透過鏡頭記錄分享的報導故事，更可以感受到他們樂在學習與關心社區關心地方的熱情，希望這樣正向力量可以更加擴散，鼓勵更多樂齡者一起加入公民記者的行列。