Workshop: Backpack Journalism with Bill Gentile

Workshop: Backpack Journalism, presented by Bill Gentile

The tools for instant, global, visual communication now fit in your backpack: a camera, laptop with editing software, and Internet connection. The era of the backpack video journalist is here. It is revolutionizing the worldwide exchange of information and ideas — and changing the way we live. Emmy award-winning backpack video journalist Bill Gentile — a pioneer in his field with over 40 years of experience – teaches people to produce powerful TV and web productions. Information is power, and we aim to help you harness that power to document and change the world.

SATURDAY, MARCH 27th at 10 am EST

THIS PROGRAM IS CLOSED. A REPORT ON THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE HERE.

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Bill Gentile

Bill Gentile is an independent journalist and documentary filmmaker teaching at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C. His career spans four decades, five continents and nearly every facet of journalism and mass communication. He is the winner of two national Emmy Awards and was nominated for two others. He is a pioneer of “backpack video journalism” and author of the highly acclaimed “Essential Video Journalism Field Manual” and its Spanish-language version, “Manual Esencial de Produccion Video Periodismo.” He teaches the first-ever Spanish-language class at AU’s School of Communication (SOC), “Backpack Documentary en Español.” He is the director, executive producer and host of the documentary series, FREELANCERS with Bill Gentile. He helped found, and is the faculty advisor of, the AU chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the organization’s first student chapter in the nation’s capital.