Backpack Journalism Blog

WASHINGTON, 28 February 2010 — This is it. Today is the last day to register for the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile at NBC News in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

See www.billgentile.com.

WASHINGTON, 26 February 2010 — We’re almost there. Only three days left to register for the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile at NBC News. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

See www.billgentile.com and click on “Workshops.”

WASHINGTON, 22 February 2010 — Seven days left to sign up for the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile at the NBC News Bureau in Washington, DC. This event is the first to be held at NBC News and in conjunction with American University’s School of Communication. (Photo by Bill Gentile)

See www.billgentile.com.

WASHINGTON, 21 February 2010 — This is one of the winners of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Northern Short Course Photojournalism Contest that I helped judge yesterday, Saturday 20 February.

The competition was held at American University’s School of Communication.

We saw some terrific work produced by amateurs and professionals practicing a craft that, like so many other facets of journalism, is undergoing a difficult period of transition.

WASHINGTON, 21 February 2010 — Only eight days left to register for the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile. This marks the first time the event will be held at the NBC News bureau in Washington, DC, and in conjunction with American University’s School of Communication.

See http://www.billgentile.com/workshops.html

WASHINGTON, 17 February 2010 — Only 12 days to register for the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile at NBC News in Washington, DC.

See www.billgentile.com.

WASHINGTON, 12 FEBRUARY 2010 — It’s official. The March 11-14 Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile will be held at the NBC News bureau in Washington, DC. The workshop is a joint venture with NBC News and with American University’s School of Communication. (Photo by Tomas Munita)

Registration closes February 28.

See http://www.billgentile.com/workshops.html

WASHINGTON, 8 February 2010 — Only 21 days left to register for the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile.

See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_o8RdxxZ4

WASHINGTON, 7 February 2010 — Only 22 days left to sign up for the March 11-14 Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBjJYiQXFlQ

WASHINGTON 5 February 2010 — I recently took the idea of backpack journalism to the Pulitzer Center in Washington, DC. During an interview for Project: Report, an interesting endeavor sponsored by YouTube in conjunction with the Pulitzer Center and made possible by Sony and Intel, I discussed backpack journalism and what its practitioners should take to the field.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KddojIbx2EA