Find a focused story in the Hyderabad you already know.
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neighbourhoods / Short video
A detail on my usual street
Photograph one non-private street detail you often miss and research its context before explaining it.
At homeNo face required30–60 minutes
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Establish the subject: a detail on my usual street.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a detail on my usual street.
What can a detail on my usual street help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Use what you have · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Short video
One person, one local skill
Ask a willing neighbourhood worker about one skill and make their own explanation central to the piece.
Jubilee HillsOn camera or voiceover1–2 hours plus travel
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Show the setting after checking permission.
Record the participant’s answer to your focused question.
Capture a permitted detail illustrating that answer.
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Here is what I noticed about one person, one local skill.
What can one person, one local skill help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Photo story
A newcomer’s planning questions
Create a research checklist for a person visiting your neighbourhood, without inventing verified recommendations.
Banjara HillsNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a newcomer’s planning questions.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a newcomer’s planning questions.
What can a newcomer’s planning questions help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Voiceover video
An ordinary morning sequence
Record permitted public details of your morning in one area without exposing people’s routines or addresses.
MadhapurNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: an ordinary morning sequence.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about an ordinary morning sequence.
What can an ordinary morning sequence help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Practised
neighbourhoods / Written post
The sign and its story
Research a publicly visible sign or name and separate confirmed history from local anecdotes.
GachibowliNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: the sign and its story.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about the sign and its story.
What can the sign and its story help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Short video
My neighbourhood notebook
Show how you collect observations and research questions without publishing private messages or contact information.
At homeNo face required30–60 minutes
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Establish the subject: my neighbourhood notebook.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about my neighbourhood notebook.
What can my neighbourhood notebook help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Use what you have · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Carousel
A place through sound
Record permitted ambient sound and details without private conversations or restricted recording.
SecunderabadNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a place through sound.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a place through sound.
What can a place through sound help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Photo story
The journey I actually took
Explain a real trip you made, verifying any route, fare or timing you mention and dating the information.
Old CityNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: the journey i actually took.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about the journey i actually took.
What can the journey i actually took help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Practised
neighbourhoods / Short video
Interview a longtime resident
With consent, ask a resident about one personal memory; treat it as recollection unless independently verified.
Your neighbourhoodOn camera or voiceover1–2 hours plus travel
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Show the setting after checking permission.
Record the participant’s answer to your focused question.
Capture a permitted detail illustrating that answer.
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Here is what I noticed about interview a longtime resident.
What can interview a longtime resident help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Written post
A public-space observation
Explore how you experienced one public space, distinguishing personal observation from official accessibility information.
Jubilee HillsNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a public-space observation.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a public-space observation.
What can a public-space observation help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Short video
A building detail in focus
Photograph a permitted architectural detail and research its identity before adding historical claims.
Banjara HillsNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a building detail in focus.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a building detail in focus.
What can a building detail in focus help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Carousel
The local repair story
With permission, show how a neighbourhood repair professional approaches one task.
MadhapurNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: the local repair story.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about the local repair story.
What can the local repair story help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Practised
neighbourhoods / Photo story
Two times, one frame
Photograph the same permitted view at two times and explain the visual change without claiming a scientific conclusion.
GachibowliNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: two times, one frame.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about two times, one frame.
What can two times, one frame help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Voiceover video
A seasonal city observation
Tell a small story about a seasonal change you actually observe without staging danger or disruption.
KukatpallyNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a seasonal city observation.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a seasonal city observation.
What can a seasonal city observation help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Written post
A first-visit information card
Create a dated card from checked information about one place; include what viewers should reconfirm.
SecunderabadNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a first-visit information card.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a first-visit information card.
What can a first-visit information card help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Short video
The question behind the picture
Pair your own local image with one researched question that adds meaning beyond the location.
Old CityNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: the question behind the picture.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about the question behind the picture.
What can the question behind the picture help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Practised
neighbourhoods / Short video
A festival from one perspective
Ask a consenting participant to explain a personal celebration detail; confirm recording rules and respect boundaries.
Your neighbourhoodOn camera or voiceover1–2 hours plus travel
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Show the setting after checking permission.
Record the participant’s answer to your focused question.
Capture a permitted detail illustrating that answer.
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Here is what I noticed about a festival from one perspective.
What can a festival from one perspective help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Photo story
A city story without landmarks
Build a story from people, work or everyday objects rather than relying on a landmark montage.
Jubilee HillsNo face required1–2 hours plus travel
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Establish the subject: a city story without landmarks.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a city story without landmarks.
What can a city story without landmarks help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Plan travel and access costs · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Voiceover video
My local fact-checking process
Demonstrate how you verify a claim for a city story and label anything that remains uncertain.
At homeNo face required30–60 minutes
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Establish the subject: my local fact-checking process.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about my local fact-checking process.
What can my local fact-checking process help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Use what you have · Beginner
neighbourhoods / Written post
A photo essay near home
Create five original images around one neighbourhood theme and explain their sequence.
At homeNo face required30–60 minutes
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Establish the subject: a photo essay near home.
Record or photograph one specific step that supports your explanation.
Finish with the result or a detail that answers your main question.
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Here is what I noticed about a photo essay near home.
What can a photo essay near home help someone understand?
Check: Verify names and any changing details. Use your own or permitted media. Obtain any required filming and participant permission; keep private information out of the frame.
Your task: Create one piece with a clear question and answer. Review its accuracy, sound or readability, and explain one improvement you would make.
Use what you have · Practised
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