New media and video journalism
Making movies in Alexandria Egypt
The view from my room overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. I am here working with 12 budding filmmakers who will report a video documentary about the state of daily newspapers in this city of six million people.
A slideshow from Day one.
Remember the futurisitc computer interface from the 2002 movie Minority Report?
Oh, it is for real now.
Via Engadget
It is called g-speak.
Hyderabad: Below is a slideshow of photos from the start of a two day newspaper design and redesign workshop in Hyderabad, India. These photos were taken by my host V Antony, Business development manager of IFRA India. Antony’s background is in prepress - so hat’s off to him for making some nice documentary images.
The sold out training event brought together editors and designers from Singapore, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and their interest in gaining knowledge is great.
Continue reading ‘Photos from India newspaper design workshop’
The best photos from Sen. Barack Obama’s election night rally weren’t taken by a newspaper photographer. They didn’t run a day later in print. Indeed what appears to be the most intimate documentary photojournalism from the historic night in Chicago night ran raw, unfiltered and direct to audience. On Flickr. Under a Creative Commons license.
Continue reading ‘Behind The Scenes Photos of Obama Watching Election Results’
A good question for all those Obama editions you’ve been selling.
Now you can share with readers these tips from Lifehacker.
Number one thing to know is that newsprint has acid in it and if not neutralized will destroy the edition eventually.
Find out more.
And I swear to my colleagues at the Chicago Tribune, I did not make them post your famous election cover on their site.
Continue reading ‘How Do I Preserve Newsprint for Archive or Display?’
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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