WASHINGTON, DC, 22 December 2014 — American University now is a member of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting’s Campus Consortium. As part of Campus Consortium Membership, AU and the Pulitzer Center will select two students for international reporting projects of their choice involving an underreported systemic issue. Each student fellow will be awarded $2,500.00 […]
http://videojournalismworkshops.com, BANGKOK, Thailand, 15 December 2014 So youve finished your video. Now, what do you do with it? How do you get it out there, in front of people, so it can have an impact? To answer these questions, I Skyped designer and Internet marketer Bruce Jones into the third day of our workshop […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 14 December 2014 As I say frequently during my Backpack Documentary classes at American University as well as the Video Workshops that I conduct around the world, sound is the heartbeat of documentary. It is so important that viewers often will forgive images that are slightly out of focus or improperly composed, […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 14 December 2014 — On the second day of our four-day workshop, I shot this scene of Ying Panyapon, translating my English into the Thai language. It’s a process that adds a critical element to my workshops, as people in many of the countries where I conduct the events don’t always speak English. […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 13 December 2014 — Translator Ying Panyapon, changes my words into the Thai language during Video Workshop #2, while I ask the “So What?” question. So what? So what if youre doing a video about a man who makes his living selling trinkets on the street? So what if youre doing a story […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 12 December 2014 — This is the scene in front of my hotel when I first arrive at 1 am. What’s the lesson? There’s a story on every block, in every city of the world. All you have to do is keep your eyes and ears open. That’s what I’ll be telling the […]