USA
Ken Kobre is the author of Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach, now in its 7th edition, and Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling. During his nearly 40 years of teaching, Kobre continued to shoot professionally. Since retiring from San Francisco State University in 2016, he has worked as a one-man band, producing, shooting, and usually editing the stories he wants to share. His documentary Deadline Every Second, about photojournalists working for the Associated Press, was broadcast on PBS stations in the US, and on Canal 5 in France. i>Revolution du Rosé, about how rosé wine went from ridicule to international acclaim, is available on Netflix. More recently, he has turned to short documentaries such as the award-winning Walk, Walk, Walk: The Story of Stand Proud, about outfitting paralyzed Congolese young people with braces so that they can stand upright, walk, and lead normal lives that include going to school, working, dancing and playing soccer. Telling Ida’s remarkable story in
Shooting Stars: Assignment Cannes Film Festival
(2002)
Inside Sports Illustrated
(2007)
Deadline Every Second
(2010)
La Révolution Du Rosé
(2017)
Walk, Walk, Walk: The Story of Stand Proud
(2018)
Who is Ida?
(2020)