Monthly Archive for June, 2009

A lighter moment at the U.S. Senate press room

Robb at the U.S. Senate press room

Robb at the U.S. Senate press room

Sometimes it is fun to be a journalist, after all.

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Video Journalism workshop (Kalamazoo)

For educators and faculty.

Web video reporting and editing

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Video Journalism workshop (Kalamazoo)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 18 — 20, 2009

Newstrain: Web video, Social Media (OKLAHOMA)

APME NewsTrain and Mid-America Press Institute present:
The Busy Editor’s Guide to Better Journalism

A two-track workshop offering:
• hands-on classes for editors in boosting their skills at shooting and editing brief web video and using social media to distribute content;
• the best new ideas for setting and maintaining standards, planning multimedia content, online ethical decision-making and more.

When:
Friday and/or Saturday, Sept. 25-26, 2009 - attend one or two full-day sessions.

Where:
Gaylord School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma.
Norman, Okla.

Cost:
$50 registration fee, which includes brownbag lunches on Friday and Saturday and coffee on Saturday morning.

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Newstrain: Web video, Social Media (OKLAHOMA)
Norman, Oklahoma
September 25 — 26, 2009

Flash graphics, Berlin style: 60 years of German art

Berlin: These photos show the very cool touch tables at the recent gallery exhibition in Berlin held at the Martin Gropius Bau. The collection featured 60 years of German art and these Flash interactives (In English and German) let patrons learn more about the art all around them.

Sixty influential artworks are on display in Berlin to celebrate Germany’s 60 years of statehood. The exhibition shows milestones of German post-war art - painting, sculpture, photography and installation – from 1949 until 2009.

Under the title ‘60 years, 60 works’, the exhibition features one piece of art for each year between the founding of the German state in 1949 and the present. Sixty short films accompanying the artwork give visitors an overview of important events in Germany from each year and elucidate the external influences that shaped the works.

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How to redesign the Society for News Design

These organizations must prove their worth by helping their members become digital journalists, find jobs and set up independent operations.

This great quote from Steve Myers in his Poynter article that examines the state of U.S. journalism trade associations has me thinking about ways that SND must redesign to meet the digital journalism era. Please add your ideas to this posting in comments. I am pretty sure that SND members have great ideas that can help the organization reconfigure to serve present and ongoing member needs. I am a member of SND and the group has been a vital force in shaping me and sharpening my visual journalism skills.

1) Look closely for a model to copy.

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New Media seminars at The Toronto Star

Join us October 5-7, 2009 at The Toronto Star for three days of hands-on instruction on Web reporting, video reporting and visual multimedia techniques.

Details: http://toronto.eventbrite.com

What will I learn?
WEB REPORTING - Monday, October 5
Improve your reporting and audience engagement with social media tools and techniques. Learn how to write for the Web, manage a Twitter persona for yourself or your organization and dig into many delicious ways to use social media for research and publishing.

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New Media seminars at The Toronto Star
Toronto, ontario
October 05 — 07, 2009

Video editing seminars (London)

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Four days of seminars on video journalism - reporting and editing
Produced by Visual Editors and Beamups.com

Twitter for Journalists: World Editors Forum Webinar

Not sure how best to use Twitter for your newsroom or for yourself? You may want to register for this new Twitter Webinar I have just designed for the Paris-based World Editors Forum.

I, naturally, just tweeted the details but for those who follow this blog instead of @robbmontgomery the details, cost and links are included here.

Twitter for journalists: World Editors Forum Webinar

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Study Tour - Washington, D.C.

I am leading a delegation of foreign journalists to visit press and media houses in Washington and Philadelphia.

Multimedia reporting seminars (Toronto)

I will deliver three sessions on mulitmedia reporting at Wordstock in Toronto, Oct 3. 2009

  • “Twitter for Journalists”
  • “Breaking the Barriers to Multimedia and Social Media Reporting”
  • “Get your audio right and upgrade all of your multimedia”

We will cover the fundamentals of tech and technique all with a veteran journalist’s understanding and expertise in using these tools to produce compelling digital mulit media.

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Multimedia reporting seminars (Toronto)
Toronto, ontario
October 03 — 03, 2009