VIVIDH – Community journalist initiative by Video Volunteers

The excellent Video Volunteers is launching a new initiative called VIVIDH which aims to create a network of community journalists in India – ‘a Reuters from the slums and rural areas‘ if you like. The programme will give a one year, full time fellowship to 60 local activists across the country and train them in [...]

A Developing Story – will you help?

Below I am re-posting in full an article from a new website called ‘A Developing Story‘ Benjamin Chesterton (of duckrabbit fame) and John Bennett (master of all things Web). The article lays out the aims of the site and makes a call for contributions. On that note, I have agreed to be a contributing editor [...]

‘Real lives are like novels not legal documents’ – How NGOs should be using photos and video in social activism.

I know, I know, its a bit of a headline title but as this article rounds of one year dedicated to looking at the use of photography, video and all that other visual stuff used in social activism I thought it appropriate to end with a grand claim. But to be honest with you I [...]