New media and video journalism
I am starting to draft thought with hopes of someday transforming them into stories, songs and books.
I have created a new category to record these thoughts - “notebook.”
Today I am feeling thinking about how often the path to valor requires facing failure.
So i coin a couple of aphorisms late at night hooping they sounds as sharp in the morning light:
“There can be no progress without learning more from failure than success.”
The annual event in Kolding, Denmark attracts journalists, editors, leaders, designers, photographers etc. from the Danish media world. Robb has been asked to deliver a lecture: “Web Video is Not TV”
Presentations to European publishing groups
Newspaper video, social networks and interactive multimedia are hot topics at journalism conferences in Eastern Europe and the U.K. this spring and I am humbled to be asked to share my research with publication groups in the Baltics and the U.K. This map shows the tour of publishing houses and conference I have been invited to visit between 18 March and 2 April.
Continue reading ‘Newspaper video training for the U.K. and Eastern Europe March 18- April 2, 2007′
Singapore, U.S. Consulate:
The new U.S. passport pages are, gasp, beautiful to behold.
We may have some of the most boring currency on the planet but, thank the lord, U.S. Passports pages have been upgraded to a stunning new design.
Check out theses photos and short film I made on Sentosa Island.
Ottawa, Canada: I came here to relax a little, see Rush perform in a “Canadian” hockey arena (You may recall my special promotion: “I Consult for Rush Tickets”) and no sooner do I get here than a trifecta of big news follows.
Continue reading ‘Oh, Canada - what a newsy weekend we had’
By Robb Montgomery
Brain never seems to rest
Robb’s brain never seemed to rest. He always has his finger on the pulse of what’s next in the worlds of technology and journalism. He brings technical skill, imagination, speed and an almost kid-like enthusiasm to his roles as a webmaster, news design consultant, new media consultant, photographer, speaker, educator, musician…..I mean, really, what doesn’t the guy do well!
Eric White, Design Director, Chicago Sun-Times
It had been six years since I spruced up my resume and I wasn’t really feeling a particular need to when up popped this job description in my NetNewsWire RSS news reader back in November.
KNIGHT CHAIR IN MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
Continue reading ‘Mercury News gig and the job that got away’
What is the future of user-generated content? It is right before your eyes. The teens under your roof or on your block.
59% of all American teenagers engage in at least one form of online content creation. Of those 35% of all teen girls blog, compared with 20% of online boys, and 54% of girls post photos online compared with 40% of online boys. Boys however like their video, with 19% of boys posting video online vs. 10% of girls.
This data comes from a new report by the Pew Internet and American Life research project.
You may be surprised to see the numbers so high. I suspect they are higher . . as the report clearly prefaces.
Continue reading ‘PEW REPORT: Teens create a LOT of web content’
Directing student journalists to produce videos at the World Editors Forum
I wanted to say that on behalf of my cstudent olleagues (Herman, Alida, Joanita, Apple and Gina) we would like to thank you and John for the opportunity of working with you guys and also being able to attend the World Editors Forum (a once in a lifetime experience for any journalist in South Africa).
Continue reading ‘Siyabonga Africa of Stellenbosch University’
Robb Montgomery produces new media workshops to train journalists and media professionals in more than 20 countries in writing for the Web, multimedia reporting, and Web video journalism.
His hands-on seminars include interactive learning techniques, live demonstrations and expertise in teaching new media concepts to professionals.
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