WASHINGTON, DC, 9 MARCH 2013 — A participant in my Video Journalism Workshop on the third day of the four-day event interviews a Congolese man for her documentary film. We had a tiny group of participants this time around but the intensity and quality of their work made up for the lack of numbers. My […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 March 2013 — This is what it looks like at the beginning of each Backpack Video Journalism Workshop. The Essential Video Journalism Field Manual. Photo IDs waiting for their recipients. The room full of expectation.
WASHINGTON, DC, 24 February 2013 — Here’s what one Amazon reviewer wrote of my new Essential Video Journalism Field Manual: “For anyone lucky enough like me to have been in one of Bill Gentile’s video storytelling workshops, this new Field Manual will bring that inspiring experience alive again. For professionals who already tell stories visually […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 23 February 2013 — American University published a front-page story on its web site about six AU Abroad students studying in Cuba during fall semester 2011. To see the piece, click HERE. The story includes images and a link to the trailer for “Through Their Eyes,” the one-hour documentary that my wife, Esther, […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 23 February 2013 — The seeds that my AU Abroad students planted in Cuba during fall semester 2011 continue to bear fruit. Click HERE to read a story and to see pictures made by Efrain Ramirez, one of six AU students studying on the island at that time. All six students took my […]
GASTONIA, NC, 16 February 2013 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported last December that the number of journalist deaths during 2012 spiked worldwide. It’s a grim reminder of the risks our colleagues take to bring us information about the world we live in. You can read the report HERE.