(This is a guest post from Babita Patel, a humanitarian photographer and founder of the View Finder Workshop, which empowers children in developing countries to tell their stories through photography. The next workshop will be in Kenya this September. All photos © Babita Patel.) I was walking through Cité Soleil, a slum on the...
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Good luck with your applications! ——————– Communications Coordinator for WINGS in Antigua, Guatemala This position contributes to the mission of WINGS by supporting all development department initiatives, including fundraising and communications, with the overall goal of meeting the revenue needs of WINGS’ programs. The position has particular responsibility for managing all aspects of WINGS’...
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Are these cocoa pods in Africa or Asia? Does it matter? (Photo by Laura Elizabeth Pohl/Bread for the World) There’s a controversy brewing in the photojournalism world that I think is relevant to NGO work: misrepresentation in photography. More about the controversy in a moment. First an explanation of misrepresentation. It includes using a...
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A couple weeks ago I ran a storytelling training session for an NGO client. One question that came up a few times was, how can I better photograph meetings? Here’s my advice after shooting dozens of meetings, seminars and conferences: Photograph at either the beginning or end of a meeting so as not to...
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Good luck with your applications! Coordinator for Global Forum for Media Development in Brussels, Belgium The Global Forum for Media Development seeks a candidate with outstanding ability as Coordinator of the GFMD. Her or his main task is to manage the international network of media development organisations and shape its global profile. Develop GFMD...
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Small town life or village life? Tohomina Akter washes herself at the neighborhood well in Char Baria, Barisal, Bangladesh, on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Photo by Laura Elizabeth Pohl/Bread for the World This might be old to some of you but it’s new to me: last April A View From the Cave, Carol Jean...
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Eric Maierson of MediaStorm recently wrote an encouraging blog post about finishing what you start. (If you don’t know MediaStorm, it’s a multimedia agency that produces video stories for a lot of NGOs. This moving story for the International Center for Research Women is a good one to watch.) Eric writes: …the last few...
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Happy New Year and happy job hunting! Director of Communications and Advocacy at Namati in USA, Sierra Leone or India The director will lead Namati’s communications and advocacy, as we strive to give voice to billions of people who live outside the protection of the law. The director will work closely with Namati’s staff...
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Rarely do organizations share their stories of projects gone wrong. So I was intrigued by this New York Times blog post‘s mention of Admitting Failure, a website the collects stories about development failures (hat tip to my friend Ellen Lee for telling me about the NYT post). There are only a handful of stories...
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I was traveling so much for work that I missed posting the November 2012 jobs list, but I’m back with interesting communications positions in Canada, Indonesia and the United States. Media Liaison and Outreach Manager at Center for International Forestry Research in Bogor, Indonesia Reporting to the Senior Manager Communications, The Media Liaison and...
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