Multimedia training and visual journalism
By Robb Montgomery
One of the things I have enjoyed about subscribing to a Flickr RSS feed on media are the occasional ’serendipitous’ encounters with fantastic new images that lead you to discovery. Take Flickr uploader “Lemoox” for example. Lemoox is the screen name for Bertrand Eberhard.
Continue reading ‘Newspaper as the artist’s muse (Part One)’
Robb is an inspiring speaker and trainer dedicated to helping newspapers expand their journalistic output and continue to reach mass audiences through creative and innovative approaches to digital a/v production. I would strongly recommend him to any newspaper committed to taking on the challenges of the new media universe.
Personable, Expert, Creative
Continue reading ‘David Gollob (Canadian Newspaper Association)’
This slideshow video was ridiculously easy to produce. I didn’t have to upload any photos (Though I could have) Pay any fees (Though I would if I wanted to produce a longer segment) or upload any of my own audio (Though I normally would)
It’s just fun, fun, fun and if you have never picture edited for video before using Animoto could be a a great tutorial.
Animoto lets you tap into any existing photo set you may have handy in Flickr, Facebook, Smugmug, Picasa, or Photobucket. There’s some built-in music for you to mashup. All the Final-Cut-Pro type effects are rendered on their server and when it’s ready you get code that you can embed in your blog.
Continue reading ‘Beyond Soundslides - shake things up with Animoto’
These new Internet job boards have made finding really interesting jobs and the companies that are interested in hiring creative people with journalism skills a lot easier.
Every week I read through hundreds of job descriptions using a custom-aggregated RSS feed I have cultivated from a number of sources. The jobs that pop up are amazing.
Want to be the Director of publications for Carnegie Hall, Work on interaction design for Apple, Develop new products in Silicon Valley, or be the Managing Editor at the University of California, Berkeley?
With headlines (like these in today’s I Want Media RSS news feed) you too may want to build your own jobs feed - or subscribe to mine. Continue reading ‘What can you learn from job postings?’
He does a tremendous job
Robb does a great job of talking to and working with college students. He is at the forefront of his craft in both newspaper design and online news. His multi-media presentations are educational, entertaining and informative. He has no trouble keeping students’ attention, and he usually wow’s them with his work. I’d highly recommend Robb to be a keynote speaker or to lead a session on just about anything at a conference. He does a tremendous job.
John Ryan
Professor/director of student publications
Eastern Illinois University
A very broad insight, knowledge and perspective on the media
Presenting with Robb at IFRA workshop in Kuala Lumpur was a pure pleasure. Although I came there as a presenter (of my newspapers’ success) I learned a lot from Robb’s presentations. I was fascinated by the wideness of his expertise and a very broad insight, knowledge and perspective on the media he has demonstrated. Robb knows what the media in the future need . . .
Boris Trupcevic
Editor-in-Chief, 24sata
Croatian national daily newspapers (Zagreb)
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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