Bill Gentile

Independent journalist who teaches at American University in Washington, DC

My career spans four decades, five continents and nearly every facet of journalism and mass communication, most especially visual communication, or visual storytelling. I am the founder and director of AU’s Backpack Journalism Project. I am a pioneer of “backpack video journalism” and one of the craft’s most noted practitioners. I am the author of the highly acclaimed “Essential Video Journalism Field Manual." I teach Photojournalism, Backpack Journalism and Foreign Correspondence.

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