WASHINGTON, 7 June 2012 — USA Today just published this piece I did, backpack journalism style, on the Cuban economy. See it here.
WASHINGTON, 7 June 2012 — USA Today just published this piece I did, backpack journalism style, on the Cuban economy. See it here.
WASHINGTON, DC, 10 May 2012 — This article and related content are the result of an interview I did in Caracas with the newspaper, El Universal. For the whole story, click HERE.
WASHINGTON, DC, 10 May 2012 – Got back last night from a weeklong trip to Caracas, Venezuela, teaching and promoting backpack journalism. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the trip was scheduled to coincide with World Press Freedom Day. (See attached photos.) Perhaps more than any other visit that I’ve made to Venezuela, I […]
CARACAS, Venezuela, 7 May 2012 — I took my Backpack Journalism presentation today to Monteavila University in Caracas to a group of very enthusiastic students. Most of them do not aspire to practice journalism but found the power and the promise of our craft to be compelling.
CARACAS, Venezuela, 5 May 2012 — This is the group of students who participated in the Backpack Journalism Workshop that I conducted at the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas. The event ended Saturday with a viewing of student projects. What a wonderful group of talented young men and women.
CARACAS, Venezuela, 4 May 2012 — Students attending my Backpack Journalism Workshop in Caracas, Venezuela, view the results of their first day at the workshop. Today we focused on the basics of the visual storytelling language, the vocabulary, and the progression from clip to sequence to scene to story. Below, students work on their projects.