Bill Gentile brings 30 years of field experience in visual communication to consult and advise on documentary projects built for success. Learn More
To every new assignment, Bill Gentile brings over three decades of experience on five continents and nearly every facet of journalism to consistently produce work outstanding for its quality and integrity. Learn More
Peter Holley, graduate of the four-day Backpack Journalism Workshop, reveals one face of the Occupy movement through the eyes of this man. Watch "Agent of Change" here.
Learn how to harness the power of storytelling with award-winning backpack journalist, Bill Gentile. Find out more.
Next Workshop: March 8 - 11, 2012, Washington, DC. Register Now!
Emmy award winning backpack video journalist Bill Gentile teaches people to produce powerful TV and web productions. Information is power, and we aim to help you harness that power to document and to change the world.
To every new assignment, Bill Gentile brings over three decades of experience on five continents and nearly every facet of journalism to consistently produce work outstanding for its quality and integrity.
Gentile helps organizations close the gap between managers and the younger generation of employees, assuring seasoned members of the shop that they have a place in the world of leaner and more agile news and information gathering.
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 February 2012 — We’re just over one month away from my Backpack Journalism Workshop in Washington DC, scheduled for 8-11 March 2012. For more information, see this ... Read More
WASHINGTON, DC, 1 February 2012 — In response to queries, we’ve scheduled another Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile in Washington, DC, for Thursday 8 March through Sunday 11 March ... Read More
WASHINGTON, DC, 5 February 2012 — Register today for Backpack Journalism Workshop With Bill Gentile on 8-11 March 2012 in Washington, DC. See http://vimeo.com/11084225. Read More
WASHINGTON, DC, 28 January 2012 — Here are a few preview shots of a story that we’ve been working on about a Cuban “Cigar Reader” at the La Corona cigar ... Read More
I began my career in the golden days of journalism when the craft still was about information as opposed to entertainment, and when the men and women who practiced the craft believed that information can make a difference.
That belief has often taken me to places inhabited by the poor, the illiterate and the oppressed, places where journalists are so desperately needed. In all of these places, I have found people with the grace, the dignity and the generosity of spirit to allow me to tell their stories, to practice my craft.
The work that you see here exists largely because the people depicted allowed me to work among them. I am deeply grateful for that privilege, and this work is a tribute to them. I hope it has made a difference.
--Bill Gentile, Washington, D.C.
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