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“A Developing Story” aggregates international philanthropic multimedia
Multimedia producer Benjamin Chesterton has been quite busy over at Duckrabbit promoting a new site he contributed to titled, “A Developing Story.” Arguably best said in his words, this site serves to “create an open space on the web in which stories and images that explore the richness and complexity of an unequal world can find a home.” The newly founded non-profit will highlight the latest social advocacy work around the world, and they are currently looking for bloggers and contributors to help the site thrive!
For producers working behind the scenes, I would recommend bookmarking and/or subscribing to the corresponding blog. Posts concentrate on issues regarding international development and how it is being visually depicted around the world. For those who are just looking to be inspired, check out the stories highlighted on the homepage. The site is continually being updated with the latest multimedia stories covering everything from womens’ rights to climate change, and they are all excellent examples of exemplary storytelling.
Interested in contributing to this site? Benjamin said they are specifically looking for:
“1. people who can source materials for the front page.
2. writers for the blog (who have a specialism in the field of development).
3. a number of picture editors to run the big picture area of the site, where we will bring to the attention of NGO’s photographers from both sides of the unequal world.
4. professionals working in the field of development communications who can help us source and develop training materials.”
You can also submit personal work covering humanitarian issues to be featured on the site. This is a great way to simultaneously cross promote your work while helping to grow out the site. Read more about these opportunities to get involved on their “Join Us” page.
I also have to give them kudos for the beautiful site, built by John Bennett, a “freelance digital strategist” based in London.
Other posts that might interest you:
- Duckrabbit documents Congo conflict for Médecins Sans Frontières’ “Condition: Critical” project
- Multimedia Round Table | Bombay Flying Club’s “Streetlight”
- “Innocence” and “Mankind is no Island” two powerful examples of advocacy journalism
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Hi Tracy,
thanks for the kind words about the site.
I’m also a novelist (Random House) the other two co-founders Benjamin and Phil are both ex-BBC producers (Phil is now CEO of the Prison Radio Association), so I guess the reason we built the site is because we’re all interested in how stories can help with development work.
It’s interesting that in the last couple of months, several larger NGOs have indicated a desire to use new media content to help raise both awareness and funding, to help communicate with audiences in a more direct way than they have perhaps done in the past.
http://www.nma.co.uk/news/oxfam-sees-social-media-and-video-as-way-to-increase-aid/3004300.article
Hopefully the site can help bring this work to a wider audience, and help everyone involved in development work tell their stories better.
However, ultimately we’d also like to see these skills passed on, to build similar new media capacity in developing countries, to help strengthen governance, and therefore development, but that’s a little way off yet, for the moment it owuld be great if anyone could send us links to stories they think we should highlight.
Thanks again,
John
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Hola Tracy,
gracias por las amables palabras acerca del sitio.
También soy un escritor (Random House) y los otros dos co-fundadores, Benjamin y Phil son ambos ex productores de la BBC s (Phil es ahora CEO de Prison Radio Association), entonces creo que la razón por la cual construimos este sitio es porque estábamos todos interesados en cómo las historias pueden ayudar al trabajo de desarrollo.
Es interesante que en los últimos meses, muchas organizaciones sin fines de lucro más grande que la nuestra han indicado el deseo de usar contenido de nuevos medios para ayudar a aumentar tanto los fondos como la conciencia, para ayudar a comunicarse con las audiencias en una forma más directa que en el pasado.
http://www.nma.co.uk/news/oxfam-sees-social-media-and-video-as-way-to-increase-aid/3004300.article
Esperamos que el sitio ayudará a mostrar estos trabajos a una audiencia más amplia, y ayudará a todos los involucrados en el trabajo de desarrollo a contar sus historias.
Sin embargo, nos gustaría finalmente ver que estas habilidades van pasando a otros, para ayudar a construir una capicidad de nuevos medios similares en países en desarrollo, para ayudar a fortalecer los gobiernos, y por lo tanto el desarrollo, pero hay bastante camino por delante, por el momento sería fantástico si cualquiera nos puede enviar enlaces a historias que piensan debiéramos destacar.
Gracias nuevamente,
Thanks again,
John