MEXICO CITY, 29 April 2010 — Participants in the first Backpack Journalism Workshop in Mexico City work on the videos they shot for the three-day course. Here, the workshops are called, “Taller de Periodismo de Mochila.” It’s the first of two workshops I’m conducting in the Mexican capital. The workshops are sponsored by the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON, 22 April 2010 — This is Part II of Bill Gentile on Backpack Journalism with the International Journalists’ Network.
WASHINGTON, 22 April 2010 — Bill Gentile discusses backpack journalism, otherwise known as video journalism, and the requirements of practicing the craft. The discussion with the International Journalists’ Network took place at his office at American University in Washington, DC. See it [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qmLZuF3rQw].
WASHINGTON, 17 April 2010 — Former American University graduate student David Coffey posted this story about sex workers in Thailand on the video journalism site, VJMovement. A graduate of American University’s School of Communication (SOC), Coffey last year received the first Backpack Journalism Foreign Internship given by the SOC and the Associated Press (AP). He […]
WASHINGTON, 13 April 2010 — Maria Howell’s film on our latest Backpack Journalism Workshop is now posted on Vimeo. It’s a great story about our last event, which we held in conjunction with American University, at the NBC News Bureau here in Washington, DC. Prior to making this piece, Maria had substantial experience with photojournalism, […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, 11 April 2010 — Bill Gentile delivers an address on backpack journalism to a crowded auditorium at the HardRock Hotel during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. Gentile was sponsored by Sony Corporation to address the annual gathering, the largest and arguably the most important in the world. […]