“See, Tell, Change” with Ikusi and Video Journalism

WASHINGTON, DC, 21 December 2013 — This is the essence, the very core, the embodiment of what can be achieved with visual communication. It is the confluence of passion and technology. It is everything that communication can be. It is what I teach my students and it is what I, myself, aspire to. It is […]

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Video Journalism “Style” in Uruguay

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, 14 December 2013 — This is the final video produced by Pablo Castro at my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop in Montevideo. It’s about a slightly eccentric bookseller in the nation’s capital. It’s also about visual style, narration and musical background, all unique and defining characteristics of Pablo’s film. All of them combine to […]

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Video Journalism and Rising to the Challenge

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, 14 December 2013 — This is the final video produced by Nicolas Pereyra at my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop in Montevideo. It’s about a Venezuelan woman living in Uruguay and the Venezuelan-style specialty, called “arepas,” she prepares for hungry customers. Nicolas did a great job of adapting to a shifting landscape in the […]

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This Holiday Season Give the Power of Video

WASHINGTON, DC, 27 November 2013 — Greetings! This Holiday Season give your friends and loved ones the power to connect, motivate and earn with video. For a limited time only, we’re offering the ONLINE Video Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile for $195.00 — a 50% discount from the ticket price. Don’t wait. Offer good until […]

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Video Journalism (and Change) Head to Uruguay

WASHINGTON, DC, 24 November 2013 — This is the poster prepared by a former student of mine announcing my visit to, and Video Journalism Workshop in, Uruguay in December. The trip is designed to support Valentina Quagliotti, who founded Ikusi, a non-profit based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Ikusi is dedicated to furthering the objectives of other, […]

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Editing Your Doc: Watch and Listen First

WASHINGTON, DC, 17 November 2013 – So you’ve finished the production stage of your documentary. You’ve got a pile of media in the hard drive. And you’re looking at a blank time line. Now what? Every filmmaker devises his/her own system for the post-production stage of the process, but here’s what I’ve found to be […]

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