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AU-Pulitzer Reporting Fellowships

WASHINGTON, DC, 2 March 2016 — Kara Andrade, one of two winners of the 2015 AU-Pulitzer Center Student International Reporting Fellowships, addresses students at an information session in the School of Communication’s Media Innovation Lab (MIL). In the second photo, Andrade is joined by (L to R) Kem Sawyer and Ann Peters, Contributing Editor, and […]

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Backpack Nica Next Generation

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 12 December 2015 — This is the newest generation of Nicaragua’s Backpack Video Journalists. They’ve completed my four-day workshop, titled, “Training the Trainers.” They are ready, not only to practice our craft, but also to pass it on the the next generation. Good luck and stay safe. — Bill Gentile  

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The End of the Beginning

ACCRA, Ghana, 27 November 2015 — Our Backpack Video Journalism Workshop marked the end of the beginning of a new style of development reporting in Ghana. This is a group shot on the final day of the event. This is our Ghana Team, minus SAA, who is behind her camera making this photo! To your […]

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30,000+ images to American University

WASHINGTON, DC, 22 October 2015 — This event marked the formal handover, to the library at American University, of the use and distribution of some 30,000 images that I’ve generated over nearly four decades while working mostly for Newsweek Magazine. These include images from my coverage of Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, the […]

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AU Students Honored at Pulitzer

WASHINGTON, DC, 16 October 2015 — Legendary CBS television correspondent Marvin Kalb addresses a crowd at the Cosmos Club in the nation’s capital. The event was held to honor the latest winners of overseas reporting fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Kalb is a Senior Advisor at the Center. Among those winners were […]

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40 Years of Visual History at AU

WASHINGTON, DC, 15 October 2015 — This is my dining room. No food. Just pictures. A small part of the collection whose use I am donating to the library at American University. Nearly 40 years of visual history from Latin America, the Caribbean, the Persian Gulf, Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, this week will become part of […]

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