Ground Focus
Stories that matter
Why GroundFocus? Because we believe in the need to report important stories from the bottom up, living a place, listening to its people, capturing their story. We travel to contexts that we have come to know intimately in the past two decades while working in the humanitarian field, where a network of friends and contacts help us to immerge ourselves in the story.
In the era of an information credibility crisis, we endeavor to apply the highest standards of ethical journalism: truth and accuracy, effective fact-checking, independence, fairness and impartiality, humanity and accountability. Through documentary films, long form journalism and photography reportages, GroundFocus seeks to enable inclusive discussions on the root causes of inequality. We stress quality, creativity, and beauty in what we do, as well as purpose: we want our creativity to translate into a direct contribution toward tipping the balance in favour of the least favoured.
We aim to bring to the attention of the general public and the mainstream media un- or under-reported stories. Stories that matter.
Documentaries
Journalism
Mr Kydykbayev goes to Washington
Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
Disunited Kurds
Averting all-out civil war in Syria
Gamal Al-Banna, la voce dell'Islam moderato
There will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
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Mr Kydykbayev goes to Washington
09.09.2016
The Economist
Mr Kydykbayev goes to Washington
In Soviet Kyrgyzstan, a teenager furtively listening to American radio broadcasts fell in love with the music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Now, with his band Salt Peanuts, he is about to fulfil his dream of playing in the home of jazz.
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Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
30.08.2018
AJE
Zakaria Tamer: "On the side of the Syrian people"
Syrian writer Zakaria Tamer, 86, gives a unique interview reflecting on the current situation in Syria.
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Disunited Kurds
27.08.2016
The New Arab
Disunited Kurds
Photographer Davide Vignati travelled through northern Iraq and Syria and bore witness to a staggering array of rival armed groups fighting for the Kurds - and for themselves.
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Averting all-out civil war in Syria
06.03.2012
openDemocracy
Averting all-out civil war in Syria
International diplomacy should declare its unequivocal support for the peaceful protesters and the deluge of peaceful demonstrations still flooding the streets of many Syrian cities, thus pushing for a steady shift of power relations on the ground back to the political, rather than military, realm. These demonstrations bear witness to the determination and bravery of those ordinary Syrians who are steadfast in their resolve to uphold the moral high ground vis-à-vis the regime.
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Gamal Al-Banna, la voce dell'Islam moderato
05.03.2011
La Repubblica
Gamal Al-Banna, la voce dell'Islam moderato
Intervista all'intellettuale egiziano fratello del fondatore dei Fratelli musulmani.
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There will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
08.10.2013
openDemocracy
There will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo
The two competing narratives are so at loggerheads that the country risks being driven down the dangerous road of constant low-intensity conflict.
Photography
