PTSD – Won’t Stop Me! Music Video Production & Community Walk!
January 30, 2012
Filed under New Work by Military Youth, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories
PTSD won’t stop me © (Let’s get the “D” dropped!) Music Video Production created/produced by A Backpack Journalist & Nashville Film Institute. BE APART OF THE COMMUNITY – as we show our “love and understanding” for the service member with PTSD – TBI. JOIN... Read more »
Experiencing the War Young
November 8, 2011
Filed under A&E, Featured A&E, New Work by Military Youth, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories
A conversation with Dom Fredinaelli & Cole Smith From the film: Where Soldiers Come From Reported by Alexus Packwood “Experiencing the War Young: A Conversation With Two Soldiers – Dom & Cole” The National Guard pact. Friends in need of money. In need to do something with... Read more »
“The Deployment and Coming Home”.
November 8, 2011
Filed under New Work by Military Youth, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories
A conversation with Mary Smith, Cole’s Mother From the film: Where Soldiers Come From Reported by Alexus Packwood “The deployment and coming home”. Imagine watching him walk out that door. Your child. But a child no more. No, your child has grown-up and joined the Army National Guard. And your... Read more »
A Backpack Journalist Featured on CNN
February 17, 2011
Filed under Featured Video, Homepage Sidebar Videos, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories, Videos
Hi, Daddy, It’s Me…
February 9, 2011 • Sarena, JRB Youth
Filed under New Work by Military Youth, Stories about Others, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories
Hi, Daddy, it’s me, Sarena Remember when you took me to that mall in Anchorage? We bought all those shoes at Foot Locker – yellow Nikes, pink, gray and white Converses, black and red Jordan’s, black Air Force Ones, and the black and white Air Force Ones and Jordan’s combined. And when we came... Read more »
Chicken Fingers and Fries
November 8, 2010 • Jonathan Smith, JRB Youth
Filed under New Work by Military Youth, Stories about Others, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories
Hi, Dad, it’s me, Jonathan, Remember when you were working at your desk on the computer and I walked up and asked you if I could play sports? You stopped typing, put your arm around me, smiled and asked, “What sport?” And I said, “Soccer.” Then you got me on the Sharks, the team every team... Read more »
A Tribute to Mom
August 17, 2010 • Fabian, JRB Youth
Filed under New Work by Military Youth, Thank You, Heroes, Top Stories
Hi, Mom, it’s me, Fabian. Remember when you always made me blueberry pancakes on my day of birth? Mmmmn. And then I would wake up early and smell them from my room. There’d be four buttermilk pancakes with syrup and extra butter, stacked up with my favorite smoothie– banana strawberry- to wash... Read more »