Multimedia
This section offers links to films on the theme of reporting poverty.
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Overview - Poverty and participation in the media (9:11)
Gives an overview of the main issues. Part of Spectacle project 'Poverty and Participation in the media'.
Media portrayals of poverty – community perspectives (5:16)
This film looks at how those with experience of poverty feel about the media's treatment of poverty issues. Part of Spectacle project 'Poverty and Participation in the media'.
Poverty - stigma and sterotypes (6:45)
This film explores some of the stereotypes and stigma media coverage can reinforce, from the perspective of those with experience of poverty. Part of Spectacle project 'Poverty and Participation in the media'.
Documentary - the case of 'Rich Kid Poor Kid' (12:13)
This film provides an overview of the issues explored in the Channel 4 film series Rich Kid Poor Kid, broadcast in Summer 2009.
'Rich Kid Poor Kid' - perspective of the producer (16:47)
Zak Beattie - producer of Channel 4's series Rich Kid Poor Kid - discusses the issues involved in commissioning and filming the project. Part of Spectacle project 'Poverty and Participation in the media'.
Documentary - the case of 'The Towers' (13:07)
Documentary that explores the treatment of the Pepys estate in London as it was depicted in the BBC programme The Towers.
The children's TV programme Newsround featured a series of short animated films on the theme of child poverty in 2007. Watch them on the Newsround site.
Getting Seen and being heard - Digital storytelling (4:37)
Daniel Meadows, Cardiff University lecturer in Participatory Media and award-winning photographer, talks about how powerful individual stories can be told through digital storytelling methods.
Getting seen and being heard - Journalist's perspective (4:29)
Caroline Becks, freelance radio producer and journalist who works often for Radio 4, tells the reality of making a poverty-related story for radio.
Getting seen and being heard - Telling your own story (5:37)
Swaffham Wellbeing Group, a rural group in Norfolk with experience of rural poverty, were asked what stories they wanted other people to know about. This films documents that process.
Kate Green on the perception of poverty (5:17)
Kate Green, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, discusses a JRF report on public perception of poverty on PR Week.