Robb Montgomery

A few weeks ago I interviewed Mario Garcia, Ph.D. in Prague for the feature-length documentary film project I am producing. I have filmed many interviews over the last two years that document this historic moment in journalism history.

I am making parts of this film while I have the opportunities to witness these changes up close.

Martha Stone of Shaping the Future of News asked me to share some excerpts from Mario’s interview on a big screen next month at the WAN-IFRA congress in Hyderabad, India.

Hyderabad is the only time when editors and publishers will see any scenes from the film prior to its theatrical release in a couple years. All other footage is embargoed until the movie is finished.

I am using this current 10-week tour to make some follow-up interviews with journalists I have already spoken with before in Egypt, Germany, France, and the U.K.

I recently filmed some new interviews with editors-in-chief in Toronto and Moscow and before I am finished hope to have reported this multi-year story from many key locations in the world.

“German beer is chemical free”
Of course, the next line in that Mark Knopfler song (Why, Aye Man) is “Germany’s are alright by me.”

Alright, indeed.
I am working with the Axel-Springer house in Germany this week and I received an e-mail from Mario in Düsseldorf.

Check out his latest tabloid redesign project Düsseldorf’s Handelsblatt.

In Prague Mario talked about the multi-platform concepts that Handelsblatt was striving for when we presented at the World Editors Forum panel with Jördis Guzman Bulla, the art director of Berlin’s Welt am Sonntag.