Monthly Archive for April, 2007

John Cruickshank of the Sun-Times Media Group

DESIGN: Publisher endorses creative vision

Robb has the best eye in the newsroom.

John Cruickshank, COO Sun-Times Media Group & Publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times

Dubai, Gulf News Training

I will be in Dubai training and consulting on-site at the Gulf News about building online communities, visual editing and the demands for multi-platform publishing.

Dubai, Gulf News Training
Dubai, UAE
April 22 — 26, 2007

Maestro in Cairo - Photos from Egypt training

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Greetings from the island of Zamalek on the Nile River.

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Giza - Lectures at Cairo University

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GIZA - I gave three lectures to journalism students today at Cairo University. There was a lot of Q&A and we ran way over on time, but it was worth it to get a positive reaction from faculty and students to the challenges of moving from layout-based design to learning active visual editing techniques. The J-department chair awarded me a special medal after our spirited discussion period and gave me a personal backstage tour of their design computer labs, TV studio and radio studio. Continue reading ‘Giza - Lectures at Cairo University’

Cairo: Teaching visual editing to Egyptian journalists

Multimedia - Middle East News Agency

Salam Al Akohm.

Greetings from Cairo, Egypt

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