WASHINGTON, DC, 5 June 2013 — This is a film conceived, shot, written, narrated and edited by Eslly Melgarejo, one of the participants in my recent Video Journalism Workshop for the Thomson Reuters Foundation in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The story of a blind child’s refusal to accept defeat despite his handicap, the title means, “A […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, 29 May 2013 — This is a film that Danny Shack, one of the participants in my video journalism workshop, put together last week. It’s a chilling tale about the “XX” patients in local hospitals. XX means the patient has lost his/her memory and is stranded in the hospital until family or […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, 29 May 2013 — Participants in my video journalism workshop focus on their final projects for the event. We’re on script-writing now, and shortly will be touching on narration. The workshop is hosted by Nancy McGirr’s Fotokids, a non-profit she started in 1991 that uses the visual arts and technology to […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, 27 May 2013 — Jessica, one of nine Fotokids participating in my video journalism workshop, watches films being made during the five-day event. As we transit from the “pre-production” stage into the “production” stage of the workshop, I’m deeply impressed by the tenacity of these young people. By their thirst for knowledge […]
ANTIGUA, Guatemala, 26 May 2013 — One of the sites I came across yesterday as Nancy McGirr and I toured Antigua, just an hour’s drive from Guatemala City, where I’m conducting two video journalism workshops. The first event was funded by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and hosted by Nancy McGirr’s Fotokids. The second workshop begins […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, 24 May 2013 — My video journalism workshop in Guatemala City ended with a group dinner of the professional journalists who participated in the event. They all produced terrific pieces, some of which I’ll be posting here, on my Facebook page, and on my YouTube and Vimeo channels. The workshop was sponsored […]