NWR: Journalists, Filmmakers and CSO's schooled on Story Development

 


A story of any kind should be like a short rope, long enough to cover the subject but short enough to be interesting. In respect to this, filmmakers, journalists and CSOs have been trained on how to develop good stories by paying attention to salient details.


Organized by Draufsicht Bamenda in Collaboration with the Cameroon Community Media Network (CCMN), the 6-hour session which took place over the weekend at Church Center Makon Hall, had subsets of presentations on what a good story is, the foundation of a good story, storytelling approaches, tackled by communication and Multimedia professional Bakah Derick.


Bakah Derick, Communication and multimedia professional


While building the capacity of over 40 journalists, Filmmakers and CSOs, the trainer highlighted that a story developer should always pay attention to in vital details when developing a story while making sure to answer some organized questions like what the central point is, what central evidence is, what the central place is, and who central characters are.


To better comprehend the skills around storytelling, participants were entreated to a practical focus group discussion where they were able to fine tune their skills in good story telling. Presentations by group members, discussions, corrections and suggestions followed the exercise.


Participants during group exercise


Speaking to Bakah Derick the lone trainer for the session, he notes that, 

"I noticed that we write stories without paying attention to a lot of evidence and to me that is fundamental because to make good stories they must have evidence. Journalism is writing for a purpose, so we should write in a way we would have results".


Afungfege Evita, a filmmaker and also a beneficiary of the training, says her perspective of developing stories has advanced.

" The session has helped me to become conscious of how I developed a story as a screenwriter. Sometimes we feel like, the audience already know what we are leaving out. I will make sure to organize my story to meet it's aim while making sure that little details are also included"


Ngwa Christel explained that knowledge acquired from the workshop will sure improve her way of reporting.

"The training will impact my work as a journalist in that, I will make sure to pay attention to little details and answer all organize questions that make up a good and balanced story. Henceforth, my reporting will be more guided by journalism ethics"


Story development remains one of the most important stages of storytelling. "As CSOs, Journalists and filmmakers, we owe our people the right to tell their stories and do it correctly," Mr Bakah Derick intimated.


Photo credit: Draufsicht, Bamenda.

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