Further to this discussion from a couple of weeks ago, I just saw that The Concentra Video Journalism Award was won this year by Alexandra Garcia for a 5 minute Washington Post video about the Remote Area Medical Corps last time they were in Virginia.
http://www.theconcentra.org/en/nominees/2009/alexandra-garcia/ You can do the follow up when they return, Jay :) Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 21-Aug-09, at 1:00 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > Last week, a group that provides free health care for the poor and > uninsured > > around the world held a week-long practice in Inglewood, Ca (about > a stones > > throw from LAX) for the uninsured of the LA area and beyond. The > event, held > > at a former basketball arena, attracted thousands of people > looking for free > > medical and dental care. Even with the size of the venue and the > large > > number of volunteer doctors and nurses, still many were turned > away from the > > event. > > http://bit.ly/kP2wE > > Anyway, I'm wondering if any LA area videobloggers on this list > attended the > > week-long event to interview patients and/or health care > practitioners? I'd > > love to talk to you about your video. > > Im surprised this isnt a bigger story. It's called "Remote Area > Medical" corps, or RAM. > It got started to set up temporary hospitals in developing > countries...till the founders realized that the US had just as many > people in need of healthcare. > > We plan to attend and film when they set up in our state in october: > http://www.ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm > > 60 Minutes did a good story here on the overall project: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n78uVW7S7As > > These are things Id love to see videobloggers record. > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://jaydedman.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
