We tell the important stories

We are creators who deliver visual journalism projects in cooperation with both commercial and non-commercial partners. We have over 20 years’ experience and, over that time, have won many prestigious awards.

Projects

natbase.cz

Do you also think that the world is broadcasting one message after another? That it's getting harder and harder to orientate in the information overload? We have created natbase.cz, a project based on visual journalism, which will help you better understand what is...

70°C

70°C is how hot a cup of tea or coffee is three minutes after it has been poured. It just takes one second for a drink this hot to cause serious scalding to a child’s skin. We started the 70°C prevention campaign to help prevent painful childhood tragedies in our...

The Expulsion of Gerta Schnirch

The Expulsion of Gerta Schnirch project combines a variety of forms to depict the expulsion of German inhabitants from Czechoslovakia that took place from 1945 to 1947. The aim of combining fiction, theatre, and web platforms is to present the issues, conflicts,...

Sound Memories

Syria and Iraq. Two countries, countless ruined lives and towns. How to tell the story of war? We chose sounds and authentic images that we recorded in the same place – before the war, during the conflict, and after the fighting had ended. Sound Memories is an...

About us

jarmila@narrativebase.cz

Jarmila Štuková

Since 2005, Jarmila has focused on countries impacted by war, poverty, or social problems. She has documented child prostitution in Ethiopia, the life of the socially disadvantaged in Sierra Leone, the Haiti earthquake, acid attacks in India, girls victim to breast ironing in Cameroon, violence against women in Afghanistan, and the war against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, as well as other topics. She also works with respected authors on prevention and photographic campaigns illustrating the life of the disabled, be they Paralympic athletes or burns victims. She has won twelve awards in the Czech Press Photo competition.

We also carry out non-profit projects funded by the Lonely Base association

LONELYBASE z.s. manages non-profit projects in the Czech Republic and abroad. The association is currently engaged in activities associated with burns, primarily via the internet platform, Burn Fighters. It also works with the non-profit organisation, Bolíto, in the area of prevention and assistance to child burns and scalding victims.