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Colin Mulvany Weighs in on Backpack Journalism at Newspapers

WASHINGTON, 18 June 2010 — The essay by Colin Mulvany, a member of the Board of Advisors of our Backpack Journalism Project, is a valuable contribution to our craft, to aspiring backpack journalists and to anyone working at a newspaper who manages, trains or supervises backpack journalists. See the essay here. Colin details his experience […]

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Shout Out on Kobre Channel

WASHINGTON, 21 May 2010 — The June 24-27 Backpack Journalism Workshop in San Francisco got a nice shout out by Ken Kobre on his visual journalism blog. Ken is a well-known figure in the world of photojournalism and visual communication. His book, “Photojournalism: The Professionals’ Approach,” which I’ll be using this fall at American University, […]

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2nd Backpack Journalism Workshop in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, 5 May 2010 — My second Backpack Journalism Workshop at Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City ended with this group photo. The Tec de Monterrey, which has dozens of branch campuses around Mexico, is the first institution in Latin America (to my knowledge) that has embraced the model that we refer to as […]

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Epigmenio Ibarra: The First Backpack Journalist

MEXICO CITY, 4 MAY 2010 — It’s an honor to be in Mexico City, with Epigmenio Ibarra, helping to inaugurate the Mexican Foundation for Investigative Journalism. During and after the panel discussion that we led, I discussed the craft of backpack journalism, or what some refer to as video journalism, with some of the attendants. […]

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Day 2: Backpack Journalism Workshops in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, 29 April 2010 — More from Day 2: Participants work on video projects. (Photo by Bill Gentile.)

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Now Accepting Registrations for Backpack Journalism Workshops in New Orleans, Boston, San Francisco

WASHINGTON, 18 April 2010 — We’re beginning to get registrations for our three Backpack Journalism Workshops. Take a look here.

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