What role, if any, can pictures play in telling water-related stories?

Are there any special tricks that journalists who are planning to cover water-related stories can employ to make their stories lively?

In this episode, host, Winston Mwale, speaks to Nengi Nelson, a photographer and budding film maker born and raised in Port Harcourt Nigeria.

Nengi, together with Festus Iyorah and Yuxi Wang, recently published a story titled “Waterpreneurs” cash in on government failure to deliver clean water to islanders” in Nigeria on CCIJ website.

It’s a story that talks about the struggles for water a daily reality for impoverished Nigerian island residents. Our host Winston Mwale talks to Nengi about this interesting story and her role, which was essentially photographing.

How important are pictures in production of stories?