Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Deadline: Last call for Web video training


The deadline for deciding has arrived and there are only a few seats
left in some of next week’s classes in Web video journalism.

Visual Editors is bringing to Chicago top Web video instructors from the
U.S. and the U.K. to teach Web video fundamentals to the next wave of
digital journalists.

The Chicago Sun-Times is hosting the classes at 350 N. Orleans and the
sessions run from 9:30 to 5 p.m. (May 5- 9).

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US newspaper live blogs its redesign


Here’s a Nebraska newspaper (The Grand Island Independent) that proves it understands a few of the fundamental precepts of the interactive journalism age: transparency and the expectation of open dialogue.

Stephanie Romanski, web editor: “I thought the readers might have a lot of questions. So I wanted to give them a place to go for immediate help. It just seemed fitting to try the tool out with a Q&A.”

Via Journalism.co.uk

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Philadelphia workshop: Street view of the Inky


Street view

Screenshot of Robb’s computer showing the Google Streetview location of today’s seminar.

A street view map

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Where the (interactive, multimedia) fun REALLY will be tonight.

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Banff video: Terrain park, snowboarders and a ski out with Robb


Banff: Terrain park and ski out from Robb montgomery on Vimeo
An on-mountain video report from the slopes where three mountains meet in Banff, Alberta.

Read all the live-reports that were produced in Canada this week as part of my seminar tour of Calgary, Vancouver and Prince George.

A podcast with Joyce Carlson


An impromptu podcast recorded with Joyce Carlson using an iPhone at the BCYCNA seminar in Richmond, BC.

Reporting with maps in real time - Richmond, BC seminar


Richmond, BC seminar

Site of Robb’s “Everyday Multimedia and Social Networking for journalists” seminar.


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Now we have a map that users can operate and control - much better.

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