I am a film maker and photojournalist currently in the process of starting my own company Citizen Camera.
Working with charities, Citizen Camera will run workshops in visual media technologies for marginalised communities and groups. Our aim is to create video and photography that you can use as promotional or campaigning material. The difference with Citizen Camera is that we will work closely with the communities and peoples affected, teaching them documentation and journalistic skills so that they can generate their own stories. This will not only encourage personal development and transferable skills but will produce media material that is from a unique, fair and truthful perspective. We will work closely with the charity to develop footage that will be both beneficial to those involved and for your campaign strategy.
Members of Citizen Camera are established teachers and media practitioners. We have worked both worldwide and locally with a wide range of issues including poverty, migration, disabalism and conflict. We have seen the powerful effects of media empowerment first hand and are now passionate about promoting this further, fighting current negative media portrayals that are still so common.