WASHINGTON, 17 April 2010 — Former American University graduate student David Coffey posted this story about sex workers in Thailand on the video journalism site, VJMovement. A graduate of American University’s School of Communication (SOC), Coffey last year received the first Backpack Journalism Foreign Internship given by the SOC and the Associated Press (AP). He […]
WASHINGTON, 13 April 2010 — Maria Howell’s film on our latest Backpack Journalism Workshop is now posted on Vimeo. It’s a great story about our last event, which we held in conjunction with American University, at the NBC News Bureau here in Washington, DC. Prior to making this piece, Maria had substantial experience with photojournalism, […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, 11 April 2010 — Bill Gentile delivers an address on backpack journalism to a crowded auditorium at the HardRock Hotel during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. Gentile was sponsored by Sony Corporation to address the annual gathering, the largest and arguably the most important in the world. […]
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, 11 April 2010 — The Bill Gentile Backpack Journalism System was unveiled this weekend at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. The Backpack Journalism System is the result of a collaboration between Bill Gentile and Communications Engineering, Inc., (CEI), which for the past 24 years has built a […]
WASHINGTON, 9 April 2010 — We’re sending out the new flyer on Backpack Journalism Workshops in New Orleans and Boston. Accepting registrations. Visit www.billgentile.com/workshops.html
WASHINGTON, 1 April 2010 — American University’s School of Communication has launched The Backpack Journalism Project. See http://www.american.edu/soc/backpack