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Consent recording kit

The script a VOAC member reads before recording anyone, the consent log we fill in, and the withdrawal form a subject can use at any time. This is the exact material our own publish gate checks for.

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Hausa
  • Yoruba
  • Twi
  • Swahili

English and French drafts complete; the other languages are being checked by native speakers before release.

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Field audio on the phone you already have

How to get a usable recording in a room with a tin roof and no budget: mic placement, handling noise, wind, and why you record thirty seconds of the room before you start.

Languages

  • English
  • French

In draft — first version ships with the first Story Lab.

toolkit

The caption standard

Every photograph VOAC publishes names the subject, the place and the date, with a photographer credit. This explains why, and how to write one that does journalistic work rather than decoration.

Languages

  • English

Published — it is the standard our publishing system enforces.

Most of these are still in draft, and the page says which. When a resource is finished it becomes a real download here. The consent standard is the one already in force — our own publishing system enforces it.