Aside from young, idealistic journalists, the United Press International (UPI) Mexico City bureau was peopled with Mexican assistants. Angel was mid-50s, rail-thin, curly hair, clunky glasses, fewer than a dozen teeth in his head but an easy smile anyway. Victor, early 40s, short, heavyset and slicked-back hair, with his pencil-thin mustache, a bit too smart […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 6 May 2020 — I am proud to announce that the Overseas Press Club (OPC) Foundation voted me in as a member of its Board of Directors during a meeting yesterday. The Foundation “has a broad mandate to improve the media’s understanding of international issues and to raise the quality of news-gathering efforts […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 5 May 2019 — For those of you who have asked about the FREELANCERS pitch deck, here it is. Pitch Deck, Freelancers with Bill Gentile 30 April
WASHINGTON, DC, 12 November 2018 — Please join us, and this stellar group of freelance foreign correspondents, at the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) in New York City this Wednesday 14 November for the screening of the pilot episode of my documentary series, FREELANCERS with Bill Gentile. A panel discussion follows the one-hour film. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c25Ai3In7YM&feature=youtu.be WASHINGTON, DC, 27 October 2018 — I participated in a terrific panel discussion with super impressive colleagues this morning. The event was sponsored by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a leader in supporting journalists working overseas and filling the void left by mainstream media retreating from foreign news coverage. (You can watch the […]
