Our Work
Working at the Intersection of Science, Media, and Community to shape smart policy
Environmental Reporting
Environmental reporting through audio / visual media + digital tools
Video mini-documentaries will highlight environmental issues, and capture behind-the-scenes footage of journalists being trained how to write, shoot and edit. These video productions will be shared on our platform and pushed out through social media to engage younger populations.
Interactive radio programs on member stations feature call-ins, discussion and debate to connect stakeholders and elected officials with the population. These productions are aimed at fostering government and private sector accountability for natural resource management and compliance with national laws and international obligations.
Drone journalism will be introduced to capture aerial imagery of the forests, waterways and coastal zone areas, contributing to the evidence base and providing a new, innovative form of reporting that has been shown in other settings to foster accountability.
Media Training
Media mentoring and training through hands on editorial coaching and small focussed
topical seminars: “learning by doing”
- Filmmakers and journalists will receive individual mentoring through our micro grants process, as well as training in small groups in all aspects of producing high quality radio and video programs, in a process of ‘learning by doing’, including writing and storyboarding, technical skills training, data visualisation, and the use of new and alternative technologies, including drones.
- Scientists, journalists and staff at local environmental and community organizations to work together to produce quality radio and video productions through information sharing, where the specialists identify key themes and the journalists master the production’s know-how.
Micro-grants
SUPPORTING LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND RESEARCHERS
We’d like to hear from you!
projects@lostfreetown.com
The completed stories will be published locally by the journalists’ media organization as well as on the Lost Freetown Collective platform and social media.
Information & Knowledge Sharing
Creating a ‘Community of Practice’ to promote dialogue and cross-disciplinary collaboration between community groups, decision makers, and experts.
Using an evidence-based approach, we’ll explore ways to support information and knowledge exchange by tackling the following questions:
– How do we make policy more transparent and relevant to local people?
– How can we visualize and disseminate data and information so that it is accessible, engaging, and relevant?
– What is the best way for people to share data and information? – How do we know who is doing what, and where?
– How can we use all this information to create value, and make a difference?
Engagement & Co-Production
Engaging stakeholders in a design-based approach to co-producing innovative and sustainable solutions.
We’ll be undertaking a series of targeted initiatives exploring our 9 themes from different perspectives: policy, needs assessment, and designing for change. We’ll do this by:
RESEARCH
Engaging with people in their everyday environments to find out what challenges they face, what improvements are needed, and the current barriers to change — through a combination of mapping, visual media, interviews, surveys, and observation.
ENGAGEMENT
Organizing workshops that bring together multiple stakeholders (local community, leaders, NGOs, health professionals, experts and journalists) in order to discuss challenges, identify opportunities and make recommendations that can be developed into a co-ordinated strategy involving several organizations.
DESIGN
Hosting participatory design workshops to allow local community and partners to become active members in the design, development, and prototyping of evidence-based and integrated solutions.
> SEE OUR INITIATIVES
Tackling Health Inequalities: An Intersectoral Approach
Mapping Environmental Health in Kroo Bay
Developing Educational Resources for Schools
KING BRUNO by Paul Glynn
Lost Freetown Media Archive
While we weren’t able to include all the material in the final edit, we collected some great footage that was never seen. We’d like to make some of this additional material available for public use now. Over the next few months, we’ll be editing some of this additional footage and making it available on our YouTube channel. Please check in!
If you’d like to request any material for non-commercial use, please get in touch: info@lostfreetown.com