Over a eight-day span recently, I worked as a part of the team teaching at the Joop Swart Masterclass, sponsored by the World Press Photo organization in Amsterdam.

Joining me in that endeavor were photographers Philip Blenkinsop, Giorgia Fiorio, and Maggie Steber, photo curator Celina Lunsford, and photo book publisher Dewi Lewis.

I just returned from a three and a half-day stint as a multimedia story coach at the Fall Workshop sponsored by Syracuse University for more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students in the Multimedia, Photography, and Design (MPD) departments of the Newhouse School. This year, the students documented life in the nearby town of Skaneateles, New York, recording audio, writing short stories, and shooting photos and video.

This week, I read with interest Henry Jenkins’ recent blog post featuring text from interview that he had done with Eric Klinenberg, professor of sociology at New York University and author of “Fighting for Air:The Battle to Control America’s Media.”

As we prepared for the VJ workshop at Brooks Institute I had multiple e-mail conversations with Paul Myers, a professor there. We discussed a theme for my individual talk and overall aspirations for the project.

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to visit MediaStorm in Brooklyn to talk in depth with Brian Storm and his team about their multimedia storytelling and aspirations for the future.

The recent delay between blog posts has been due to our daughter’s high school graduation, followed by a mid-week overnight flight to Prague as a prelude to a three-week multimedia project in the Czech Republic. I will be working with a faculty team from the University of Miami led by Professor Rich Beckman. We will be supporting students from Czech universities and the University of Miami who will be reporting on a variety of environmental topics.