WASHINGTON, DC, 6 November 2017 — This is what my life will look like, for the most part, during the next 40 days. A computer, a view of my back yard — and lots of coffee. We’ve just launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for my documentary series, FREELANCERS with Bill Gentile, and are heading full […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 10 October 2017 — I’ll be teaching my “Backpack Documentary en Español” course in spring 2018. It’s the first-ever, all-Spanish course taught in American University’s School of Communication (SOC). And it’s a measure of the SOC’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. (Photo by Matt Cipollone)
LIMA, Peru, 16 June 2017 — This morning’s view from my hotel window in the Peruvian capital where I arrived last night. I’m on assignment for American University’s (AU) Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS). I’ll be heading for Huancayo tomorrow, and then to the glacier at Huaytapallana to make a short film […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 May 2017 — American University Graduate Teaching Assistant Matt Cipollone and I accompanied New York Times freelance foreign correspondent Ioan Grillo during much of Grillo’s reporting trip for this story. We also had the pleasure of working with photojournalist Patrick Tombola, whose images are featured in Grillo’s story. Matt and I were […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 27 April 2017 — We are proud to announce that Natalie Hutchison (L) and Erin McGoff are this year’s winners of the AU-Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowships. Natalie will journey to Chile this year to report on religion and climate change. Her fellowship is supported by American University’s Center for Latin American and […]
MEXICO CITY, 8 March 2017 — Associated Press (AP) video journalist Gerardo Carrillo edits material he shot of a women’s march in the Mexican capital. I spent time with Gerardo while filming a pilot for the series, “Freelancers,” about the young, tech-savvy freelance foreign correspondents stepping into the void left by mainstream media retreating from […]