WASHINGTON, 15 August 2010 — Bob Shea (silhouetted on left) watches Bruce Jones on a flat screen hookup via Google Video Chat. Jones, who lives just outside of Boston, took time out to speak with Shea and others attending the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile, which is being held in Washington, DC. Jones attended […]
WASHINGTON, 15 August 2010 — Gail Massari gets an early start on the last day of the Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile by coming in before other participants at the four-day event. She is silhouetted against the early morning light coming from the yard behind the Gentile residence. Members of the current class are […]
WASHINGTON, 14 August 2010 — Bob Shea (r) listens to a piece that he and Jeff Mead shot for the Backpack Journalism Workshop. The four-day event ends Sunday 15 August. (Photo by Bill Gentile)
WASHINGTON, 14 August 2010 — On the third day of our Backpack Journalism Workshop, Jeff Mead (l) edits a piece that he and Bob Shea shot and produce. The mini doc is about “Street Sense,” a nationwide newspaper produced by and about the homeless. Mead and Shea drove from Rochester to attend the four-day workshop. […]
WASHINGTON, 3 June 2010 — Communications Engineering, Inc., (CEI) has announced plans to unveil the Bill Gentile Backpack Journalism System at InfoComm on 9-11 June in Las Vegas. See the announcement here. CEI and I designed the System with the needs of today’s backpack journalists, or “video journalists” as they are sometimes referred to, in […]
WASHINGTON, 3 June 2010 — SOC graduate student Maria Howell began her internship with the Associated Press (AP) by arriving in Jerusalem the very night of the Israeli assault on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. It promises to be a very busy summer. Maria is this year’s recipient of the Associated […]