In this five-minute report, Kirsty from the global reporting team speaks with Bishawjit Das, a senior producer at BBC Media Action - an Inclusive Futures partner and non-governmental organisation which utilises the power of media and communications to reach people facing insecurity and inequality, with information they can trust.

Bishawjit explains how his organisation has been working with journalists from television, radio, online and print to challenge how their reports talk about people with disabilities. He explains how he challenges them, asking them to analyse if their reports are portraying people with disabilities with dignity.

Listen to his audio report to hear how the training went and how the journalists have changed.

Download transcription [.pdf]

In this five-minute report, Kirsty from the global reporting team speaks with Bishawjit Das, a senior producer at BBC Media Action - an Inclusive Futures partner and non-governmental organisation which utilises the power of media and communications to reach people facing insecurity and inequality, with information they can trust.
Bishawjit explains how his organisation has been working with journalists from television, radio, online and print to challenge how their reports talk about people with disabilities. He explains how he challenges them, asking them to analyse if their reports are portraying people with disabilities with dignity.
Listen to his audio report to hear how the training went and how the journalists have changed.
<a href="https://inclusivefutures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3.pdf">Download transcription [.pdf]</a>

People who have disabilities are the best people to report on the issues that affect them.

Hear directly from our citizen reporters, a group of young people who have disabilities living across the world. By producing their own audio reports, exploring the work being done to improve the lives of people with disabilities, and asking challenging questions to people on the streets where they live, they're unearthing views, attitudes and perspectives of disability.

Together with Inclusive Futures, an initiative working towards disability inclusion, they'll bring you one-on-one interviews, conversations, round table discussions and radio style documentaries.

Subscribe now to receive regular audio updates from our reporters around the world.

People who have disabilities are the best people to report on the issues that affect them.
Hear directly from our <a href="https://inclusivefutures.org/citizen-reporting/">citizen reporters</a>, a group of young people who have disabilities living across the world. By producing their own audio reports, exploring the work being done to improve the lives of people with disabilities, and asking challenging questions to people on the streets where they live, they're unearthing views, attitudes and perspectives of disability.
Together with <a href="https://inclusivefutures.org/">Inclusive Futures</a>, an initiative working towards disability inclusion, they'll bring you one-on-one interviews, conversations, round table discussions and radio style documentaries.
Subscribe now to receive regular audio updates from our reporters around the world.