Deadline: 24-Apr-22
Journalists are now invited for the week-long training on digital storytelling to raise awareness of climate change and resilience building.
Participants will be able to produce a high-quality video story about climate adaptation and resilience building, which can be published by local, regional, and international media outlets.
This training is part of ICIMOD’s Resilient Mountain Solutions (RMS) Initiative. RMS builds on research and solutions that have proven effective and applicable in the diverse mountain contexts of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).
Objectives
The workshop will share strategies for effectively and engagingly communicating the ground realities of climate change issues, particularly around adaptation. It will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to develop and deliver scientifically-valid stories that can be easily understood by the public. The stories generated during and after the media workshop should reflect the realities on the ground in the research sites, with attention to the local context of culture, traditions, communication strategies, gender issues, and interpersonal and social dynamics of each location.
Focus Areas
The course will focus on three tracks critical to video storytelling:
- Technical skills, include the skills workshop designed to introduce and deepen understanding of video production
- Editorial skills, which include ways to identify and pitch video stories, how to secure the elements needed to produce them, and how to craft them
- Practical skills, through which participants will apply their learning to complete a short video during the training course.
Benefits
ICIMOD will cover all direct costs related to the workshop, including international airfare, visa processing, local transport, accommodation, and food during the workshop for all selected participants
Expected Outcomes
Upon completion of the training, participants will:
- Understand climate change adaptation and cover various elements of a compelling video storytelling including how digital narratives can help raise awareness on climate change impacts, particularly on the poor and marginalized.
- Emerge from the training with increased confidence in developing digital stories on climate change impacts on people in the HKH region and their responses
- Develop the technical and editorial skills required to tell digital stories
- Be prepared to produce a short video on a tight deadline
- Have a deeper understanding of how to frame questions, conduct field interviews, and present them in the most engaging manner
- Develop awareness of channels and media outlets covering climate and adaptation-related stories. Examples of climate issues featured in the news can be found here.
- Help develop public awareness of adaptation challenges and linkages between environmental issues, social problems, and the broader economy.
Target Participants
This training is for freelance journalists from photojournalism, video/documentary, and print/web media who regularly cover environmental issues, especially on climate change and its impacts, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is a public notice to ensure that all interested and qualified individuals have a fair opportunity to submit applications for funding.
- The eligible applicants must be located within ICIMOD’s working areas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. In addition, applicants should not be affiliated with a political party or engaged in any political activities, and not be focused solely on religious activities.
For more information, visit https://www.icimod.org/event/training-on-digital-storytelling-on-climate-change/