Interested in reporting the latest footy gossip to an audience of thousands?

We’re teaming up with the Sunderland Echo to provide live coverage of the next transfer deadline day – and we need your help.

If you’re interested in getting involved then come along to find out more:

2pm on Wednesday, December 9 in the newsroom (room 106)

Here’s what Lee Hall, the Sunderland Echo’s Digital Editor, says about our plans:

• This will be real.  We’re creating a live transfer deadline newsroom to compete with the big players such as the BBC. We pulled in 7,000 punters last time around with just two members of staff. Imagine what we can achieve with a full team of eager student journalists.

• This will be professional.  As well as punters and our own sources we can track news aggreagators, fan sites, Sky Sports News, BBC and Press Association coverage to make this a comprehensive destination for fans on deadline day. We’ll be feeding live news to Spark FM for immediate broadcast too.

• This will be national.  As well as the thousands of users viewing your work via sunderlandecho.com, the Yorkshire Evening Post, Peterborough Evening Telegraph, several Irish titles, and plenty more weeklies are keen to host our coverage.

• This will be a valuable experience.  The day will be hectic – maybe even a little stressful, but fun and a      fantastic opportunity to experience a true live news day.

The transfer deadline day is on Monday, February 1 and you can get involved for all or part of the day.

if you can’t make next Wednesday’s meeting but want to get involved then contact john.price@sunderland.ac.uk to find out more.