OLATHE NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, Kansas, 8 July 2014 — Two of my students from Olathe Northwest High School work on their documentary at a local music store. I’m spending the week here with more than a dozen high school students, a number of whom are freshmen with little or no previous training. What they do […]
FT. MEADE, Md, 2 July 2014 — Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Owen addresses graduates of his Video Production and Documentation course at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) at Ft. Meade, Md. It was Sgt. Owen who invited me to deliver the commencement address at the ceremony. For about 10 minutes I spoke about how the […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 29 June 2014 — I head out a week from today to conduct a five-day workshop at the Olathe Northwest High School in Kansas. I’m looking forward to meeting the new generation of visual communicators. I’m amazed at how young the incoming practitioners of our craft are today. An increasing number of high […]
TBILISI, Georgia, 30 May 2014 A reporter for Media House Palitra uses a cell phone to video a demonstration by members an NGO devoted to the protection of human rights. The protestors alleged that employees of Georgias Interior Ministry routinely conduct secret surveillance on perceived political opponents, activists and common Georgian citizens. The […]
GURJAANI, Georgia, 27 May 2014 - One of the students in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop works on a project about a spa that includes a mud bath. In the picture, one of the employees of the spa demonstrates how she and her colleagues maintain the mineral-rich mud at high temperatures. Im in Georgia at […]
GURJAANI, Georgia, 26 May 2014 Enjoying a bit of Georgian hospitality at a small brewery just outside the town of Gurjaani. Im working with a dozen members of the Network of Information Centers, teaching them how to make videos that rock. Im in Georgia at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi to […]