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Backpack Journalism Workshop Begins With “Chain Gang”

WASHINGTON, 10 March 2012 — The Backpack Journalism Workshop in Washington, DC, began on Thursday with a showing of “Chain Gang” as an example of what this methodology can achieve. We have a terrific group of students. Most have never shot video before, but bring an innate sense of the medium to the event. (Photo […]

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Backpack Journalism and Time Magazine in Cuba

WASHINGTON, DC, 1 March 2012 — Time Magazine published one of the stories that my wife, Esther, and I produced on the island during my semester there last year with a group of AU Abroad students. I taught my Photojournalism and Social Documentary course, which is the theoretical and practical basis of Backpack Journalism. See […]

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Backpack Journalism Workshop Set for 8-11 March 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, 1 February 2012 — In response to queries, we’ve scheduled another Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile in Washington, DC, for Thursday 8 March through Sunday 11 March 2012. Register today.

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Backpack Journalism Focuses on Cuban “Cigar Reader”

WASHINGTON, DC, 28 January 2012 — Here are a few preview shots of a story that we’ve been working on about a Cuban “Cigar Reader” at the La Corona cigar factory in Havana. The cigar readers are the men and women who read out loud to cigar rollers in factories across the island. “The Cigar […]

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Backpack Journalist Documents Work of “Critical Exposure”

WASHINGTON, DC, 21 January 2012 — Nick Dua produced this video of Critical Exposure during our recent Backpack Journalism Workshop in Washington, DC. Critical Exposure is a non-profit organization that teaches youth to use the power of photography and their own voices to become effective advocates for school reform and social change. You can see […]

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