The Department For International Development (DFID) has recruited Live Futures, the publisher of London's youth-run Live magazine, to generate interest in international issues.
The organisation is already mentoring a group of young reporters and training them to use film and editing equipment. The 16- to 24-year-olds will use video blogs, interviews, stories and mini-documentaries on the London summit website to communicate the event to their peers.
Michelle Clothier, co-founder of the Livity Group which Live Futures is part of, said: "We hope the project is the first step towards an active community of youth citizen journalists and content creators airing their views on global issues."
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