Communications

Three years ago, we launched #OverExposed, a campaign urging the development sector to re-think its approach to storytelling. We wanted…

Are the images we use truly fostering an informed and engaged donor public with a nuanced understanding of global inequalities? Analysis of hundreds of images from nine British INGOs’ direct mailouts suggests visual priorities in this area still need addressing.

With over 14 million people involved in formal volunteering and 61% charities struggling to recruit volunteers, what can a researcher do to make any meaningful difference to volunteer recruitment. Susannah Pickering-Saqqa introduces Volunteer, Reflect, Grow: Cards to inspire and sustain volunteering, which has been designed to help.

Earlier this week, the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) hosted a discussion between journalists and charity directors with the aim of increasing media coverage of Sudan. IBT Director, Mark Galloway, gives his assessment of the challenge.

The process of collecting and sharing stories has often been unconsidered and unethical but, fortunately, the tide is turning and more charities are joining the conversation around ethical storytelling. Lucy Ndegwa and Hattie Rowan introduce the new Ethical Image Policy.

Jess Crombie of the Bond Ethical Storytelling Group takes us through the updated People in the Pictures guidelines, taking us through why the group decided to refresh them, and what to expect from the new guide.

Taking a ‘high-touch’, high-tech, and human-centred approach to microfinance is helping to close the gap created by limited access to smartphones and internet connectivity, low digital literacy and mistrust in technology. And it is women and other underrepresented groups who are benefiting the most.

Development is not a laboratory, its participants are not subjects – so why does the term ‘field notes’ persist? Joseph Brammer of BRAC explores the subject.