Getting the Story and Telling It Right, HIV on TV: A Handbook for Television Trainers and Producers

This handbook from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Series on Journalism Education is a reference and toolkit designed in three parts to support television producers' and trainers' information and training needs on HIV and AIDS. It draws examples from diverse productions including those of UNESCO’s Network of Young Television Producers on HIV and AIDS. The Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) was supported by UNESCO to prepare the handbook, which was tested for usability at several workshops.

Contents include the following:

• Part 1- Media, HIV and AIDS
  1. Media Reporting HIV and AIDS
  2. Producing HIV and AIDS TV programmes
  3. HIV and AIDS: Basics
  4. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  5. Our Immune System
  6. HIV Infection
  7. HIV Testing
  8. AIDS and ART
  9. For Further Research
• Part II - Responding to HIV Using TV Formats
  1. HIV and TV Genres
  2. News, Current Affairs and Interviews
  3. Pre-Scripted Factual Programmes
  4. Talking Heads and Some Action
  5. Fiction
  6. Quiz Game Shows and Music Videos
  7. Public Service Announcements
  8. Improving Quality of Content
  9. Improving Production Quality
  10. 2.10 Improving Post-Production Quality
  11. Useful Links
• Part III - HIV Media Training Ideas and Tips
  1. Challenges in Training TV Producers
  2. Pre-Workshop Arrangements
  3. Training Principles
  4. Agenda and Schedule
  5. Games Trainers Play
  6. Exercises
• Glossary
• Using the DVD
• Acknowledgements