MEXICO CITY, 30 April 2010 — Participants in the first Backpack Journalism Workshop in Mexico City focus on completing their projects during the last day of the three-day event.
It’s the first of two workshops I’m conducting in the Mexican capital.
The workshops are sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Fundacion Mexicana de Periodismo de Investigacion (MEPI), or the Mexican Foundation of Investigative Journalism. The workshops are being held at the Tech de Monterrey campus in Mexico City.
The workshops have even generated some interest among the local media outlets, which are just beginning to probe the model that we refer to as backpack journalism, or video journalism. The newspaper El Universal carried a story about my visit. See the story here.
While here, I’m helping with the official launch of the Foundation.
(Photo by Bill Gentile)
MEXICO CITY, 29 April 2010 — More from Day 2: Participants work on video projects.
(Photo by Bill Gentile.)
MEXICO CITY, 29 April 2010 — Participants in the first Backpack Journalism Workshop in Mexico City work on the videos they shot for the three-day course.
Here, the workshops are called, “Taller de Periodismo de Mochila.” It’s the first of two workshops I’m conducting in the Mexican capital.
The workshops are sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Fundacion Mexicana de Periodismo de Investigacion (MEPI), or the Mexican Foundation of Investigative Journalism. The workshops are being held at the Tech de Monterrey campus in Mexico City.
The workshops have even generated some interest among the local media outlets, which are just beginning to probe the model that we refer to as backpack journalism, or video journalism. The newspaper El Universal carried a story about my visit. See the story here.
While here, I’m helping with the official launch of the Foundation.
(Photo by Bill Gentile)
MEXICO CITY, 29 April 2010 — We’re in the second day of my Backpack Journalism Workshop in Mexico City. Here it’s called, “Taller de Periodismo de Mochila.” It’s the first of two workshops I’m conducting in the Mexican capital.
The workshops are sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Fundacion Mexicana de Periodismo de Investigacion (MEPI), or the Mexican Foundation of Investigative Journalism. The workshops are being held at the Tech de Monterrey campus in Mexico City.
The workshops have even generated some interest among the local media outlets, which are just beginning to probe the model that we refer to as backpack journalism, or video journalism. The newspaper El Universal carried a story about my visit. See the story here.
While here, I’m helping with the official launch of the Foundation.
(Photo by Jose Antonio Garcia Inarritu.)
WASHINGTON, 22 April 2010 — This is Part II of Bill Gentile on Backpack Journalism with the International Journalists’ Network.
WASHINGTON, 22 April 2010 — Bill Gentile discusses backpack journalism, otherwise known as video journalism, and the requirements of practicing the craft. The discussion with the International Journalists’ Network took place at his office at American University in Washington, DC.
See it 
.
WASHINGTON, 18 April 2010 — We’re beginning to get registrations for our three Backpack Journalism Workshops. Take a look here.
WASHINGTON, 17 April 2010 — Former American University graduate student David Coffey posted this story about sex workers in Thailand on the video journalism site, VJMovement. A graduate of American University’s School of Communication (SOC), Coffey last year received the first Backpack Journalism Foreign Internship given by the SOC and the Associated Press (AP). He was posted at the AP’s bureau in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Thai sex worker story is the latest in which David exhibits some of the skills he acquired at the School of Communication. He is now freelancing in the region. See David’s work here.
WASHINGTON, 13 April 2010 — Maria Howell’s film on our latest Backpack Journalism Workshop is now posted on Vimeo. It’s a great story about our last event, which we held in conjunction with American University, at the NBC News Bureau here in Washington, DC.
Prior to making this piece, Maria had substantial experience with photojournalism, but no experience with video, much less with backpack journalism. It’s really extraordinary how much she learned in a few days.
I hope you all like the piece.
See it here.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, 11 April 2010 — Bill Gentile delivers an address on backpack journalism to a crowded auditorium at the HardRock Hotel during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas.
Gentile was sponsored by Sony Corporation to address the annual gathering, the largest and arguably the most important in the world. In addition to the burgeoning field of backpack journalism, Gentile discussed proper training for aspirants to the field, the storytelling process and his own Backpack Journalism Workshops.
He also talked about the new Bill Gentile Backpack Journalism System, which is being unveiled during the week-long convention in Las Vegas. The Backpack Journalism System is the result of Gentile’s collaboration with Communications Engineering, Inc., (CEI), which for the past 24 years has built a reputation for delivering world-class systems design, integration and service. Assembled with components from leading manufacturers including Sony, Apple, G-Technology and Manfrotto, the system is a versatile, cost-effective solution designed to meet the demands of today’s remote location journalism. (Photo Rick Watkins, CEI).
