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PROCESS:
•• When did the project start? When will it end?
HOW TO CAPTURE RAW MATERIAL
(STORIES, PHOTOS, FILMS)
The main objective of the
media that you will be
gathering is to highlight the
impact of climate change
being felt by the project
beneficiaries and what they
are doing to adapt (with
the project support). It will
be important to document
how individual lives are
affected by the project.
This section focusses on three types of raw material that will be important to
collect for each of the national projects. These include: Stories, Photos, and
Films. Each of the following sections provide details for how to best collect
these different materials.
Stories
A good story should tell someone how people’s lives have been changed by
UNDP’s work. This is a critical piece of information that can be used in a variety
of different communications and knowledge products to gain a better sense
of what is happening inside the project. The following guidance has been
adapted from the UNDP Storytelling Guidelines.
What is the technical information required?
Information for a story will include: the context, the factual background to the
story, and the basic journalistic questions of Who, What, Where, When, How
and most importantly, Why. The facts are best reflected when they are clear
and jargon-free.
For example, journalistic questions to ask could include:
•• What is the project doing? (access to microfinance, strengthening
livelihood and income generation, reducing the effects of climate
change, etc.)
•• Why is this project in existence? (To improve participation of women,
to enable sustainable livelihoods, to strengthen resilience of vulnerable
communities, etc.)
•• Where is the project? (country, sub-region, ecosystem: urban, 'W&