TBILISI, Georgia, 30 May 2014 A reporter for Media House Palitra uses a cell phone to video a demonstration by members an NGO devoted to the protection of human rights. The protestors alleged that employees of Georgias Interior Ministry routinely conduct secret surveillance on perceived political opponents, activists and common Georgian citizens. The […]
GURJAANI, Georgia, 27 May 2014 - One of the students in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop works on a project about a spa that includes a mud bath. In the picture, one of the employees of the spa demonstrates how she and her colleagues maintain the mineral-rich mud at high temperatures. Im in Georgia at […]
GURJAANI, Georgia, 26 May 2014 Enjoying a bit of Georgian hospitality at a small brewery just outside the town of Gurjaani. Im working with a dozen members of the Network of Information Centers, teaching them how to make videos that rock. Im in Georgia at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi to […]
GURJAANI, Georgia, 26 May 2014 Members of the Network of Information Centers watch one of my recent films on God and Gangs in Guatemala as part of my training here, a small town about an hours drive from Tbilisi. All the participants at this three-day workshop are interested in improving their visual storytelling skills, […]
TBILISI, Georgia, 17 May 2014 The view from the terrace of the hotel where Im staying while in Tbilisi. Im 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. […]
KABUL, Afghanistan, 3 January 2014 — Afghan kids play soccer in the shadow of the wreckage of a military truck in this nation’s capital. I’m here filming a documentary about a team of female Afghan university students competing in an international arbitration contest to be held in Hong Kong later this year. The competition is […]