ABP Angus Youth Gets Social

Finalists in the ABP Angus Youth Challenge got together as a group for the first time recently to attend a live workshop on how to use social media. Cool FM / Downtown Radio presenters Rebecca McKinney and Caroline Fleck shared the secrets of their success with the groups of teenagers who are working on year-long […]

Finalists in the ABP Angus Youth Challenge got together as a group for the first time recently to attend a live workshop on how to use social media. Cool FM / Downtown Radio presenters Rebecca McKinney and Caroline Fleck shared the secrets of their success with the groups of teenagers who are working on year-long assignments on sustainable beef production as part of the ABP Angus Youth Challenge. As well as being a co-presenter of Cool FM’s breakfast show, Rebecca is also a successful fashion stylist and Instagram influencer. Caroline Fleck hosts her own show on Downtown Radio. The pupils were able to find out how Caroline and Rebecca create and manage good quality media content to have impact and create engagement with their audiences. They were also able to create their own piece of video content with help and feedback from the trainers. The event, which was hosted by CAFRE Loughry Campus. The participating schools in the 2022 ABP Angus Youth finalist programme are Banbridge Academy Cookstown High x 2 teams; St Catherine’s College Armagh, Newtownhamilton High School; Dalriada School; Friends’ Lisburn, and St Kevin’s Lisnaskea. Each team is currently rearing their own mini herd of Angus cross calves through to finishing as well as working on assignments that support sustainable beef production in Northern Ireland. From left, Rebecca McKinney Presenter Cool FM, with some of the pupils who attended the workshop – Victoria Currie from Dalriada School, Nathan Blair of Cookstown High School, Eva Furphy from St Catherine’s College Armagh, John Mark McCrea from Cookstown High School, Ellen Bailie from Newtownhamilton High School, and Caroline Fleck, Presenter Downtown Radio pictured at CAFRE Loughry Campus during the media workshop organised for the 2022 ABP Angus Youth Challenge finalists by ABP and the Angus Producer Group.