WASHINGTON, DC, 15 December 2012 — Steinar Figved made this video during my December 2012 Video Journalism Workshop in Washington, DC. It is a stunningly powerful example of what a single practitioner — properly trained in visual storytelling — can achieve. Steinar did the pre-production on this piece from his home in Norway. In four […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 9 December 2012 — The December 2012 Video Journalism Workshop drew to a close with the screening of participants’ work performed over the four-day event. We saw some terrific work done by some participants who had come to the workshop with minimal or no experience at all in the craft. They went away […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 8 December 2012 — Here are some images from Day 3 of our four-day event. Above, assistant Brad Allgood looks over work by Ivan Mejia. (Photo by Bruce Jones.) Above, the group at work. (Photo by Bruce Jones.) Above, it’s getting late. (Photo by Bruce Jones.) Above, Ann Puderbaugh at work. (Photo by […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 December 2012 — Here are a few images from Day 2 of our four-day event. Above, Karen Smith-Hupp shoots part of her story on a veteran couple who are honoring service members around the world at a war memorial in the capital. (Photo by Bruce Jones.) Above, Karen interviews the couple. (Photo […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 December 2012 — Participants at our 6-9 December Video Journalism Workshop explore subjects near and far. Kalpana Biswas, seen on screen, is working on a story about an Afghan market that has become the core of an immigrant community in the region. Rhett Rebold, seated, is working on a story about a […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 6 December 2012 — Bruce Jones makes images during the Video Journalism Workshop which are intensive, four-day immersions in the craft of “backpack journalism” defined as character-driven television/web productions with hand-held digital cameras by a single practitioner. The workshops cover the gamut of this storytelling craft from the genesis and shaping of story […]