WASHINGTON, DC, 12 July 2012 — Peter Holley, a graduate of my January 2012 Backpack Video Journalism Workshop, sent me a video story he recently did from Brazil. The video was published by Global Post. You can see it HERE. I think Peter’s rapid success with this medium is a measure not just of his […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 16 June 2012 — Watch our UStream live broadcast of Bruce Jones’ Backpack Journalism Marketing Workshop at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bruce-jones-workshop—washington-dc
WASHINGTON, DC, 15 June 2012 — Bruce Jones is upstairs getting ready for his two-day workshop. My Web guy, Nick Ray, was here last night for dinner and should be back around 8:30 this morning. My youngest brother, Rob, is on a flight from North Carolina to DC and hopefully arriving soon. Bryant Cook, my […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 9 June 2012 — Registration is open for the second “Backpack Documentary Expedition: Nicaragua,” scheduled for 12-23 July 2012. Above, a young Nicaraguan works the land near her home just outside the capital of Managua, during the 2011 Expedition. I accompany participants to the Central American nation of Nicaragua for an immersion in […]
HAVANA, 31 May 2012 — Abel Carmenate Abreu, staff photographer for Casa de las Americas, made this image of me while I tested the new Sony Alpha 77 HDSLR last week in the Cuban capital. Abel is a staff photographer for Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural institute. Sony has loaned 15 of these […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 26 May 2012 — This photo was taken during a recent reception and dinner in honor of Dr. Eusebio Leal, the City Historian of Old Havana, Cuba. From left are Cuban artist and teacher Ramon Menocal, my wife Esther, Leal, Press Secretary of the Cuban Interest Section Juan Jacomino, and myself. The reception […]