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Workshop Rates Reduced

WASHINGTON, 21 October 2009 — In light of the continued downturn in the American economy, we’ve cut the registration fee for our December workshop by 25 percent. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_o8RdxxZ4&feature;=related

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Learn To Do This at December Workshop

WASHINGTON, 14 October 2009 — Learn to make documentaries for television and the Internet at our Backpack Journalism Workshop With NOW on PBS in Silver Spring, Md, 10-13 December 2009. Registration closes 6 November 2009. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBjJYiQXFlQ

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Taking Registration for December Workshop

WASHINGTON, 13 October 2009 — We are now taking registrations for the December 2009 Backpack Journalism Workshop With NOW on PBS. Registration closes 6 November. The workshop will be held December 10-13 in Silver Spring, Md. Click below for an example of what you will learn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPVk08kRg8w&feature;=related.html.

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Backpack Journalism: Venezuela to Washington

WASHINGTON, 11 October 2009 — I arrived late last night after a week-long speaking tour at universities in Maracaibo, Valencia and Caracas, Venezuela. Time now to sort through notes and newspaper articles, etc., that I picked up along the way. Above is a write-up of the tour that appeared in the Tuesday 6 October edition […]

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Day 5: Backpack Journalism in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela, 9 October 2009 — We rush around Caracas for interviews with various news outlets, fighting traffic all the time. It’s been a good week, and I’m deeply impressed with students here. My hope is that they have the opportunity to practice the craft that is so critical now to the dialogue that is […]

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Day 4: Backpack Journalism in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela 8 October 2009 — I’m showing some of my work from Central America to students at the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas on Thursday 8 October. Also seen are students watching the documentary I shot last year in Afghanistan. The main theme of my week-long visit to four universities in three cities […]

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