{"id":19147,"date":"2016-12-12T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=19147"},"modified":"2016-12-12T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:40:50","slug":"the-man-who-is-helping-the-sprout-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/the-man-who-is-helping-the-sprout-grow","title":{"rendered":"The man who is helping The Sprout grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Sam Easterbrook is the editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/thesprout.co.uk\/\">The Sprout<\/a>, a Promo-Cymru project that is Cardiff\u2019s online news and information platform written by young people for young people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19212\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Easterbrook\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Easterbrook\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/10923325_813708555385485_1846538021922474942_n-e1481554299136-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Image via Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Launching in 2007 The Sprout was the first of it\u2019s kind in Wales\u2019 previously top down system of providing youth information. It became the inspiration for the Clic network launching similar websites across Wales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19151\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391.jpg\" alt=\"the_sprout_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391.jpg\" alt=\"the_sprout_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/The_Sprout_Logo-e1481548285391-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> The sprout is where young people and their ideas grow Image via Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sam has been involved in The Sprout from very early on, attending his first youth editorial meeting in 2008 and working his way up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started out as a freelance sub-editor. Then became a full time sub-editor and in 2013 I became editor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sprout has 20-30 writers and about ten of these attend the monthly Sprout editorial group meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Sprout editorial group meetings take place on the last Thursday of every month in Cardiff\u2019s central library.<\/p>\n<p>Sam describes the structure of a group meeting, \u201c we ask one of the young people to chair the meeting, we take minutes and try to make sure that everybody who wants a say has a say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sprout is very focused on youth information, with their news section always trying to link to pages in the information section.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs well as the magazine element on the sprout we have the information section so what underpins the site, you\u2019ll often see in a lot of articles, we\u2019ve a got a review of a film about domestic violence we\u2019ll often link to our domestic violence information, we\u2019ll link to organisations that help with domestic violence, so at the heart of it is youth information.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19160\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411.jpg\" alt=\"information-pages\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411.jpg\" alt=\"information-pages\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Information-pages-e1481548717411-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Information is central to what The Sprout does Image via thesprout.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They also try to run monthly themes that can be linked back to their information pages. Contributors get rewarded with time credits for the time they spent writing and researching articles for The Sprout.<\/p>\n<p>Time credits allow free leisure activities, equivalent to the time spent on articles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve started doing a monthly kind of theme and campaign using time credits for it. I think December\u2019s is going to be homelessness we discussed this in the editorial meeting so it\u2019s what themes we want to go down we try to link it back to the information section, so we\u2019ve had education, mental health and homelessness. How it works is a young person can write an article on that\u2019s a poem, an opinion piece or a researched article, that they\u2019ve spent writing it and researching it that they get time credits for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sprout which is funded by Families First in Cardiff has recently relaunched.<\/p>\n<p>It was originally funded by the children\u2019s and young people\u2019s partnership within Cardiff council so the website has seen some changes recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c It was a bit of a change because obviously families first has a wide range of needs people and ages; and the sprout is very much 11-25, is very much embedded within youth work but I think we\u2019ve made it work, I think our funders are very happy with what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sprout was fortunate to be able to find alternative funders as many of the websites in the Clic network that it inspired have shut down due to cuts by the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear Sam feels strongly about the cuts to youth services and is concerned about how they will affect young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouth work, youth information, youth centres have taken a pounding over the last 5 years because they\u2019re not statutory. Education is statutory, health is statutory that stuff obviously has to be funded cuts have got to come in, what gets cut? It\u2019s youth work because it isn\u2019t statutory and youth information is part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a recent to visit to Helsinki, a city half to size of Cardiff, Sam learnt that they have 40 youth provisions compared to only six in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>He feels that with regards to youth services, \u201cWales was always a leader, Wales still is leader especially with online stuff. Hopefully whenever we eventually get out of this recession or whatever you want call it or austerity, hopefully we\u2019ll still have the bones to rebuild youth information in wales\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam wasn\u2019t involved with youth services as a child and became involved with The Sprout very much through coincidence, but is passion for youth services is evident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t go to youth centres didn\u2019t do anything like that and I really wish that something like the sprout had existed when I was a kid. I would\u2019ve absolutely loved it. So I\u2019ve come at it from an outsider&#8217;s perspective but now I really appreciate the role that youth work has, the important work it does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sprout really can be seen as an inspirational platform, in addition to giving young people a voice and increasing their confidence, some of their previous contributors have gone onto successful careers in journalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a young man called Arthur who did an awful lot of work both written and video about the EU referendum. He\u2019s from Belgium but to British parents and he now works in the press department at the European parliament. I think the work he did for the sprout certainly contributed to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<p>With contributors as young as 11 everything even comments are checked before going live on the website to protect against copyright infringement and to prevent trolling.<\/p>\n<p>However the website is is designed to give young people a voice so editing is minimal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always try and edit with a very light touch\u2026 If we do make any changes we\u2019ll talk to the young person and tell them this is why we\u2019ve done this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lately, Sam has taken on more a project manager role at The Sprout, with a lot of the editing now being left to his sub-editors.<\/p>\n<p>This is because of the recent launch of a new promo-cymru project called <a href=\"https:\/\/familypoint.cymru\/\">Family Point<\/a>, where he does a lot of work with editorial and content side of things.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19161\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209.jpg\" alt=\"family-point-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209.jpg\" alt=\"family-point-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/Family-Point-Logo-e1481549004209-293x293.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Family Point is Promo-Cymru&#8217;s new project Image via familypoint.cymru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFamily point is a kind of information hub and news hub for families in Wales. The focus is on low income families but it\u2019s a universal service as well as the website and magazine element there\u2019s also a helpline. Basically the aim is to make sure that families know of all the services that are available to them and all the support that\u2019s available to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to Sam\u2019s continued success at promo-cymru.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spoke to the editor of The Sprout about his work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":19209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The man who is helping The Sprout grow - 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