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In Tbilisi, Georgia: “Raise Your Voice With Video”

  TBILISI, Georgia, 17 May 2014 – The view from the terrace of the hotel where I’m staying while in Tbilisi. I’m in the former Soviet Republic for two weeks to give a series of workshops and presentations on how digital technology and the Internet have granted a new generation with tremendous power of communication. […]

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Mother, Daughter and a Street in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, 7 May 2014 – While my students worked on a photo essay of the city’s port area, I made some pictures of my own, including this one of mom and daughter. (Photo by Bill Gentile) http://videojournalismworkshops.com

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International Video Journalism Workshop Ends

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 […]

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Where Has All the (Our) Money Gone?

  KABUL, Afghanistan, 7 January 2014 — This is a brief clip I shot in a refugee camp in Kabul. According to a camp spokeswoman, the camp houses about 1,500 people from across Afghanistan who have fled the war. She said some of the refugees have been here for as long as 12 years. No […]

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Sieze the Power of Video at February Workshop

KABUL, Afghanistan, 5 January 2014 — It is the new language. The new literature. Particularly for the young, it is the way they learn. It’s the way they communicate. Video. For communication. For news and information. For NGOs and non-profits. For entertainment. Seize it’s power. Use it. Connect, motivate and earn with it. Join my […]

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It’s All About Light: Video Journalism

KABUL, Afghanistan 6 January 2014 — I keep going back to this: It’s all about light. And how light plays on form, and composition, and movement. Light is our primary raw material. I made this image (it’s a screen shot from video) at a market in Kabul, while working on a documentary about a team […]

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