1. Development Journalism

2. What is Development
Directly related to human development
When different aspects of human develop
Conducive conditions where general development is possible
If a person is able to lead a respectable life

3. Different aspects of Human development
Education
Health
Employment
Agriculture
Environment
Poverty
Right to Speak
Right to decision making

4. Development Journalism
To report the different aspects of human development
The goal of development journalism is to reach the people and make a change in their lives-by making them informed
Development journalism empowers the people
Expose wrong doings and reports about success stories improve lives of people
Example readers courts, Palamu case of starvation deaths

5. Development Reporting
Different concepts- Different things to different people- Writing about the development schemes of government, writing about the work of NGOs and social activists, Government propaganda.
Earlier models- mass media as mobilizing agent for nation building, another approach looked as government’s partner in nation building

6. Development Reporting
Development reporting deals with human development; with people and their conditions, with the real impact of development schemes on people. It is reporting about human conditions. According to one definition development journalism digs below the surface to throw light on conditions determining human development: “The purpose of development journalism is to draw attention to situations requiring social change and to factors promoting social change. This is an essential part of the media in democratic society.

7. Development Reporting
Development reporting is different from general reporting
Development is a process and not an event; development writing has to reflect this process-more focus on why and how
Since development is process, follow up is an integral part of development writing. The journalist may have to visit a subject repeatedly.
Development issues are often camouflaged in figures and statistics- needs to see beyond them and connect it to ground realities.
Field reporting is an integral part of development writing. Development stories are not based on official briefings.

8. Development Reporting
Points to keep in mind while reporting
Background work and guidelines
Major Sources
Quotes from all stakeholders
Case studies
In-depth knowledge about the subject
latest surveys, statistics, laws or any petition
eg: sex selection, Right to food, Right to information, water
Reference material
Points to keep in mind while writing
Interesting opening
What is behind or beyond the event
Enough information about the beneficiaries or affected by the issues or project
Should not have dry information regarding plans, implementation, strategies, targets, budgets and so on

9. Development reporting
Connect statistics with ground reality
Strong quotation-qualitative and graphic
Direct quotes
Stay away from jargons
Source acknowledgement

10. Development Communication and Social Change
Development programs can not produce
change without an ongoing, culturally and socially relevant communication dialogue among development providers and clientele, and within the recipient group itself.
Development Communications is the sharing of knowledge aimed at reaching a consensus for action that taken into account the interests, needs and capacities of all concerned.