KIGALI, Rwanda, 26 July 2014 — Rwandans engaged in community work projects help build a school in this sprawling capital. These projects are one component of the Rwandan government’s efforts to build a sense of community and healing in a country that just two decades ago was the scene of one of the worst genocides […]
TBILISI, Georgia, 21 May 2014 This is the group gathered at my presentation on backpack journalism at Frontline Georgia, a partner of the London-based Frontline Club. I was invited by the U.S. Embassy here to conduct a series of workshops, presentations and exchanges on backpack and citizen journalism, on the importance of a […]
AKHALTSIKHE, Georgia, 20 May 2014 During my Backpack Journalism Workshop in the town of Akhaltsikhe, the local newspaper interviewed me about the event. Ive been pleased with the reception from the local media, which is just beginning to make headway into the methodology. They all seem to be interested in making videos that rock. […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 23 February 2014 — Check out the group photo at the end of our Video Journalism Workshop this past weekend. We had a diverse, international group. From left is Bruce Jones, Jerry Gardiner from Liberia, Will Hoffinger, Mariana Alvarez Joyal from Venezuela, me, Zar Sarmast from Afghanistan, my wife Esther from Cuba, David […]
KABUL, Afghanistan, 3 January 2014 — Afghan kids play soccer in the shadow of the wreckage of a military truck in this nation’s capital. I’m here filming a documentary about a team of female Afghan university students competing in an international arbitration contest to be held in Hong Kong later this year. The competition is […]
http://videojournalismworkshops.com, WASHINGTON, DC, 28 December 2013 — This is Florencia Traibel’s film about my recent workshop in Montevideo, Uruguay, about the people and about the products. Florencia chose to cover the five-day event as her workshop project, partly as a way to explain the overall experience. Click HERE to watch Florencia’s film. It’s an interesting […]