Bill Gentile
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Video Journalism Workshops
Learn to harness the power of visual storytelling. Next Workshop: June 6 - 9, Washington, DC
Bill Gentile brings 30 years of field experience in visual communication to consult and advise on documentary projects built for success.
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To every new assignment,
Bill Gentile brings over three decades of experience on five continents and nearly every facet of journalism to consistently produce work outstanding for its
quality and integrity.
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Peter Holley, graduate of the four-day Backpack Journalism Workshop, reveals one face of the Occupy movement through the eyes of this man.
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Backpack Journalism Workshops
Learn how to harness the power of storytelling with award-winning backpack journalist,
Bill Gentile.
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Next Workshop: Next Workshop: June 6 - 9, Washington, DC.
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Workshops
Emmy award winning backpack video journalist Bill Gentile teaches people to produce powerful TV and web productions. Information is power, and we aim to help you harness that power to document and to change the world.
Production
To every new assignment, Bill Gentile brings over three decades of experience on five continents and nearly every facet of journalism to consistently produce work outstanding for its quality and integrity.
Consulting
Gentile helps organizations close the gap between managers and the younger generation of employees, assuring seasoned members of the shop that they have a place in the world of leaner and more agile news and information gathering.
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Backpack Journalism Quicktips!
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WASHINGTON, DC, 17 June 2013 — This video was produced, shot, narrated and edited by Romina Nicaretta, whom I tutored over the past few days. She came to my home ... Read More
Former USA Today Video Chief Reviews Field Manual
WASHINGTON, DC, 14 June 2013 — Sam Meddis, the former head of USA Today’s video department in Washington, DC, reviewed my Essential Video Journalism Field Manual on Amazon.com, saying, “it ... Read More
Online Video Journalism Workshop Almost There
WASHINGTON, DC, 14 June 2013 — Nick Ray (left) and Bruce Jones labor away to ready the Online Video Journalism Workshop that we hope to offer in the next few ... Read More
Presenting the Craft at International Center for Journalists
WASHINGTON, DC, 13 JUNE 2013 — I gave a presentation at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) on backpack video journalism to 21 working professionals visiting from the former Soviet ... Read More
I began my career in the golden days of journalism when the craft still was about information as opposed to entertainment, and when the men and women who practiced the craft believed that information can make a difference.
That belief has often taken me to places inhabited by the poor, the illiterate and the oppressed, places where journalists are so desperately needed. In all of these places, I have found people with the grace, the dignity and the generosity of spirit to allow me to tell their stories, to practice my craft.
The work that you see here exists largely because the people depicted allowed me to work among them. I am deeply grateful for that privilege, and this work is a tribute to them. I hope it has made a difference.
--Bill Gentile, Washington, D.C.