This section lists the further reading resources that are referenced in each section.
About poverty
- The mythology of poverty (PDF, 30KB) - this looks at five myths and corrects them,
- Government policy on poverty (PDF, 90KB) - a short guide to policy and action taken by Government,
- The EAPN explainer (PDF, 240KB) - the European Anti Poverty Network's simple introduction to the poverty debate,
- What is meant by poverty? (PDF, 95KB) - looks at what poverty means and how it is defined,
- Chapter 1 of Reporting poverty in the UK contains more information about the experience of those living in poverty.
- The Wrong Trainers - The childrens TV programme Newsround featured a series of short animated films on the theme of child poverty in 2007. Watch them on the Newsround site.
- 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.
Perceptions
- Duncan Higgitt, journalist, former Western Mail news editor - a transcript of a speech that was given at the Bevan Foundation.
- Communicating poverty report (PDF, 850KB)- report from UKCAP with perspectives on the media from people with experience of poverty.
- People in poverty - how do people who have experienced poverty view media coverage?
- The story of the Farepak savers (PDF, 20KB) - by Huw Williams, BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
- Poverty in the media: Getting seen and being heard - how people who have experienced poverty can have a more effective voice in the media.
- Reporting poverty in the UK - provides journalists with an overview of UK poverty, highlights the dilemmas they face in covering it and suggests ways in which the subject can be dealt with fairly and authoritatively.
- The media, poverty and public opinion in the UK - analyses how the media reports UK poverty and its impact on public understanding and opinion.
- Media portrayals of poverty - the community perspective (5:16). A film that looks at how those with experience of poverty feel about the media's treatment of poverty issues.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Some examples of media coverage:
- Daily mail story (PDF, 950KB) - as discussed in 'People in poverty - how they view media coverage'. See 'Perceptions of media coverage' section.
- Sunday Herald story (PDF, 1MB) - a copy of two articles published in April 2007 about child poverty in Scotland.
- York press story (PDF, 920KB) - a feature that takes the findings from a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study on poverty and wealth and makes them relevant in a local context.
Practical guidance
