HAVANA, Cuba, 5 November 2011 – Students who attended the first-ever Backpack Journalism Workshop at the Jose Marti International Institute for Journalism pose for a group photo with their new diplomas, their talent and their unbridled enthusiasm. A few of the students unfortunately could not make this last day of the five-day event when we […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 4 November 2011 — We’re on the final work day of a five-day Backpack Documentary Workshop at the Jose Marti International Institute for Journalism. About 25 Cuban students are participating in the event. On the fifth day, we plan to view and critique the mini documentaries they generate. (Photo by Heriberto Gonzalez Brito.)
OLD HAVANA, Cuba, 2 November 2011 — AU Abroad student Cristina Khan eyes a street vendor before making a picture of him and his Che Guevara tattoo. Cristina is one of a handful of AU students taking my Photojournalism and Social Documentary class, the foundation of backpack journalism. (Photo by Bill Gentile.)
HAVANA, Cuba, 1 November 2011 — I’m in the middle of a lecture at the Jose Marti International Institute for Journalism, where I’m giving a five-day Backpack Documentary Workshop. I’m spending fall semester with a group of AU Abroad students, teaching my Photojournalism and Social Documentary class. (Photo by Heriberto Gonzalez Brito.)
VINALES, Cuba, 8 October 2011 – A Cuban tobacco farmer shows American University students how to roll cigars. At left from foreground to background are Chelsea Crandall, Dara Jackson-Garrett, Cristina Khan and Emmalee Kinard. Enrolled in the AU Abroad program, they are spending fall semester studying at Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural institute. […]
BANAO, Cuba, 2 October 2011 – AU Abroad students Chelsea Crandall (above left) and Dara Jackson-Garrett negotiate a swift-running creek on a nature preserve just outside this Cuban city. Efrain Ramirez can be seen on the far right. BANAO, Cuba, 2 October 2011 – A Cuban ranch hand (above) prepares mules for American University students […]