NINDIRI, Nicaragua 13 December 2015 — After my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop, I stayed on an additional to enjoy and to reminisce. It was worth it.
(Photo by Bill Gentile)
Sunset in Nindiri
December 30, 2015 by
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Backpack Nica Next Generation
December 30, 2015 by
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 12 December 2015 — This is the newest generation of Nicaragua’s Backpack Video Journalists. They’ve completed my four-day workshop, titled, “Training the Trainers.” They are ready, not only to practice our craft, but also to pass it on the the next generation.
Good luck and stay safe.
— Bill Gentile
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Backpack Video in the Dark
December 30, 2015 by
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 12 December 2015 — On the last day of our Backpack Video Journalism Workshop, we lost power because of maintenance work on the electrical system at the venue where the event was held. Despite numerous challenges during the four-day event, every one of the participants managed to produce a respectable video. I’m so very proud of them all. In this photo, participants screen their final projects on their laptops — before the computers run out of power.
(Photo by Bill Gentile)
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
U.S. Envoy to Backpack Event
December 30, 2015 by
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 11 December 2015 — U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Laura F. Dogu (in blue jacket) visits my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop in the Nicaraguan capital. Titled, “Training the Trainers,” the four-day event was sponsored and funded by the U.S. Embassy.
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Backpack and “Forest Weeps”
December 30, 2015 by
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 9 December 2015 — Participants in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop in Managua watch my most recent film, “When the Forest Weeps.” The film examines how Ecuador’s Kichwa Indians struggle as their deep spiritual relationship with the Amazonian rain forest diminishes in a clash with the forces of so-called modernity.
The film resonated with a number of these students, as some are dedicated to covering social issues that affect the most vulnerable of their population. You can watch the film if you click HERE.
(Photo by Bill Gentile)
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Training the Trainers in Nicaragua
December 30, 2015 by
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, 8 December 2015 — Participants of my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop watch one of the films I presented on this, the first day of a four-day event in the Nicaraguan capital. I titled this workshop, “Training the Trainers,” and designed it to instruct the current generation of journalists to practice the visual storytelling language — and to pass the craft down to the next generation of visual storytellers. The event was hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Managua.
(Photo by Bill Gentile)
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
The End of the Beginning
December 5, 2015 by
ACCRA, Ghana, 27 November 2015 — Our Backpack Video Journalism Workshop marked the end of the beginning of a new style of development reporting in Ghana. This is a group shot on the final day of the event.
This is our Ghana Team, minus SAA, who is behind her camera making this photo! To your right is Sara Stealy, the Press Attache at the U.S. Embassy that funded the workshop. To your left is Ama Boateng, of the African Centre for Development Reporting (ACEDEV), which sponsored the five-day event.
I look forward to keeping in touch with all of my new friends and colleagues at the ACEDEV, as they use technology and their newly acquired skills to report on the important issues of our time. Good luck to all.
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Ghana Workshop Farewell Lunch
December 1, 2015 by
ACCRA, Ghana, 28 November 20105 — At lunch at SAA’s house (she’s on the far left) celebrating the end of our Backpack Video Journalism Workshop. Great curry, SAA! SAA is one of 13 journalists who participated in the event. The five-day workshop was hosted by the African Centre for Development Reporting (ACEDEV) and funded by the U.S. Embassy in Accra. It was a terrific opportunity to bring the methodology of “backpack video journalism” to working journalists eager to use video to address the development needs of their country. I am so grateful. In the white dress is Ama Boateng, one of the ACEDEV staffers who helped organize the workshop. She’s also the Al Jazeera correspondent in Ghana. Next to her is Mohammed Shardow, one of the workshop participants. Then there is Manuela, the daughter of workshop participant Kwamee Kwame. And next to me is my very good friend Kumah Drah, who first invited me to his country to conduct the workshop. We are holding one of the gifts so graciously given to me by my African friends and colleagues. Thank you all.
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Marketing Video at Ghana Event
December 1, 2015 by
ACCRA, Ghana, 26 November 2015 — On the fourth day of our five-day Backpack Video Workshop, we Skyped with Internet marketer Bruce Jones from Boston, Massachusetts. For years, Bruce has been advising entrepreneurs how to build an online presence to connect with and expand communities, how to make an impact — and how to make money.
I think the workshop participants really got a lot out of his presentation, which he put together after a Tuesday Skype session during which he gathered comments and information from participants regarding their objectives with the workshop and with the craft.
(Photos by Bill Gentile)
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Backpack Video to Ghana Market
December 1, 2015 by
ACCRA, Ghana, 25 November 2015 — I spent part of the day at a market in Accra, with participants in my Backpack Video Journalism Workshop. In the red and green dress, Della Russel ClassPee shoots video on one of the busy pathways that crisscross this hot and bustling market. Another participant, Senyuiedzorm Awusi Adadevoh, shoots a fabric shop whose business is threatened by cheap, Chinese copies. These “informal” markets are much the same around the world. Many people struggling for economic survival in the countryside come to the cities and sell whatever they can. It’s a tough place to work, and outsiders making pictures of the laborers here are sometimes not completely welcomed, as you can see from the stares that Kwamee Kwame gets as he shoots some still photos.
(Photos by Bill Gentile)
Remember to sign up for our free Essential Tips and Tools pdf booklet over on the right, and give us a like on Facebook.
Sign-up to receive our FREE
booklet.
List price: $395.00
Now for a limited time only $295.00