Computer screens across the world could soon be buzzing with real-life tales from an Oxford estate.

Calvin Goodgame said he intended to train citizen journalists to shoot, edit and upload their own videos to a YouTube-style website dedicated to Blackbird Leys.

Mr Goodgame, the new manager of a multimedia hub based in the estate’s community centre, said: "We are hoping to set up our own online TV station called Blackbird Leys TV, where we will produce our own programmes.

"It is a really good idea. People will be able to come up with their own ideas, interview a local group or business and then produce their own programmes for the Internet and for the whole world to see."

Mr Goodgame said the new online TV station could go live within six months and would follow free training courses in video journalism and video editing at the hub.

He said: "The courses are for people that want to be creative.

"They can get the skills and experience they need to get jobs in creative industries."

A spin-off from the TV station would see DVDs created, which could be used to promote local services such as children's playgrounds, he continued.

Mr Goodgame was appointed as the multimedia hub's part-time manager on September 1.

He has been tasked with drumming up interest in the facility, which has been underused in the past two years.

Part of his job will see him encourage people living in the Leys to use other multimedia equipment in the hub, including six state-of-the-art Apple Mac computers, scanners and printers.

Mr Goodgame said there was scope to train people in graphic design programmes such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and video editing software Final Cut Pro.

And he said that once a selection of free courses are up-and-running, he intended to create a community interest company called Dream2Screen based around the hub.

Dream2Screen would offer use of the facilities to local businesses in return for a small charge — allowing the hub to operate without the need for fundraising.

Mr Goodgame said: "People in Blackbird Leys have had the equipment, but for the past two years it has not really been used enough.

"Anybody who wants to use the facilities will be able to hire them.

"The equipment is very good. It is all state-of-the-art."