Monthly Archive for September, 2007

Berlin, Germany

(Private client training)
Berlin, Germany from February 6th to 11th

Two days of immersive digital journalism training with Robb Montgomery - Multimedia and Design.

Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
February 06 — 11, 2008

Zagreb, Croatia

Three days of immersive digital journalism training with Robb Montgomery - Video, Multimedia and Design.

(Private training event at 24sata)

Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia
February 12 — 15, 2008

Dan Fink (Central Penn Business Journal)

Just wanted to send a quick note. Really enjoyed your presentation in Harrisburg on Web video for newspapers. We’re just getting ready to take our first baby steps into the world of Web video, and your talk was really useful.
Some of the techy talk was over my head, but I still got plenty out of it.

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Robb Headbutts a Camel

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Boston: Visual Editing one day workshop

A private training event for overseas editors and executives hosted by the Media Development Project.
On Sunday, October 14, 2007 at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston a one-day seminar featuring a graphics workshop with Charles Apple and a design workshop with Robb Montgomery.

By invitation only.

Boston: Visual Editing one day workshop
Boston, Massachusetts
October 14 — 14, 2007

Pennsylvania Newspaper Association - Web media training

September 27 and 28 I will be teaching two sold-out classes at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association offices in Harrisburg, P.A.

The first is on “Web Video is not TV” and the second day is “Keys to Building Online Communities.”

Pennsylvania Newspaper Association - Web media training
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
September 27 — 28, 2007

iPhone bug report. Apple needs to empower maps, contacts and native apps

I want the iPhone to be able to allow news editors to keep their top reporters out in the field where they can do a lot of work without having to first crack open a laptop.
It is so close to being a killer app for field communications that all Apple needs to do is, um, hear this bit of free consulting.

Make Google map app play nice and SHARE data

e.g. I have the Google map app open and I pull up or search out an address for a home or business.
I query and get directions to the location but now want to SMS this info to a colleague or send the the turn-by-turns to another person by e-mail.
I should be able to do this - but I can’t.
– This kind of base level data pushing functionality - allowing the native apps to push to each other is critical to stay ahead of. But wait - I also want to push data to my blog(s) as well.

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Video: VJ style news report by David Dunkley Gyimah

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Video: MDP conference - Robb Montgomery

Video clip made and edited by David Dunkley Gyimah

Thanks to David for this bonus - I had no idea he was shooting. I actually couldn’t see anything with those bright TV lights in my face.

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CAIRO: On assignment with David Dunkley Gyimah



Moez Ledeen Ellah Street MDP’s Tarek Atia and Viewmagazine.tv’s David Dunkley Gyimah interview a shop owner.

CAIRO: I am working in Egypt this week for the Media Development Project and we are training the country’s journalists about the concepts and practice of visual editing, newspaper design and multimedia.

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