BALTIMORE, MD, 9 March 2016 — Students and instructors at Morgan State University watch “Through Their Eyes,” an award-winning documentary that my wife, Esther, and I made about six American University (AU) students studying in Cuba in Fall 2011. (While the audience watched the film, I worked the computer to advance my classes at AU […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 5 March 2016 — Our film, “Afghan Dreams,” won the jury award for Best Documentary Short at the Las Cruces International Film Festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Photo by Bill Gentile)
WASHINGTON, DC, 2 March 2016 — Kara Andrade, one of two winners of the 2015 AU-Pulitzer Center Student International Reporting Fellowships, addresses students at an information session in the School of Communication’s Media Innovation Lab (MIL). In the second photo, Andrade is joined by (L to R) Kem Sawyer and Ann Peters, Contributing Editor, and […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 16 May 2015 — Build your Internet presence. That’s what designer and Internet marketer Bruce Jones advised the students in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop when we Skyped him in from his Boston office today. Use all the social media tools, Bruce told them, including YouTube, one of the most powerful tools we […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 13 May 2015 — The sun burns through a thick haze in the Thai capital, where I arrived last night in preparation for two Video Workshops. What a pleasure and honor to have been invited again by the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association. The workshops are four long, hard days (9 am until at […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 29 April 2015 — Only three weeks left to register for the June 4-7 Video Workshop With Bill Gentile. Veterans get 20% discount. Dont miss this four-day immersion in the craft of visual storytelling. You will learn to: Articulate story ideas. Capture powerful images and clean sound. Recognize and cultivate dramatic story arcs. […]