Cool Interview on Making Videos that Rock

TBILISI, Georgia, 22 May 2014 — This is a brief interview by George Gogua, a young practitioner of backpack journalism in the Georgian capital. Click HERE or https://soundcloud.com/beatllica/billgentile to listen. http://videojournalismworkshops.com  

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Investigative Journalists Making Videos That Rock

TBILISI, Georgia, 22 May 2014 – Journalists at Studio Monitor watch one of my films during a presentation today on backpack and citizen journalism. Studio Monitor is the premier outlet for investigative journalism in Georgia. During my visit today, members of the organization showed me some of the great work they’ve been doing. And they […]

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Investigative Journalists Making Videos That Rock

TBILISI, Georgia, 22 May 2014 – Journalists at Studio Monitor watch one of my films during a presentation today on backpack and citizen journalism. Studio Monitor is the leading investigative journalism outlet in this country and, from what they showed me today, these journalists are doing a terrific job. What an extraordinary group of young, […]

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Georgian Questions on Making Videos that Rock

  TBILISI, Georgia, 21 May 2014 – This is the group gathered at my presentation on backpack journalism at Frontline Georgia, a partner of the London-based Frontline Club.  I was invited by the U.S. Embassy here to conduct a series of workshops, presentations and exchanges on backpack and citizen journalism, on the importance of a […]

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A New Generation of Filmmakers Who Rock

AKHALTSIKHE, Georgia, 21 May 2014 – These are a few of the graduates of my first Backpack Journalism Workshop in Georgia. At the invitation of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, I’m here for two weeks conducting a series of workshops, presentations and encounters with professional, backpack and citizen journalists and filmmakers – and those aspiring […]

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Rainy Day in Georgia (former Soviet Republic)

  AKHALTSIKHE, Georgia, 20 May 2014 – It’s a cold, rainy, bleak day here in Akhaltsikhe, a large town in the southwestern part of Georgia. I’m in Georgia for two weeks to discuss how digital technology and the Internet are revolutionizing the global exchange of information — and the way we live. We are at an extraordinary […]

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