Thanks for a fantastic session with Black Press Digital.
Your presentation was engaging and informative, and its form and nature were fluid and quickly reacted to adapt to the ability and interests of our audience.
Of particular value was your session on video function and form. Your helped our small-staff reporters realize they can create quality video productions without big-budget gear, and do it on deadline.
This was most helpful to us.Thanks again, and I look forward to talking with you in future.
Monthly Archive for May, 2010Page 2 of 3
UPDATE: More details are emerging from the profound privacy and marketing changes being introduced by Facebook.
I have added a link set of related articles at the bottom of this post to illuminate what is happening with these changes. That list of articles will update as I do more reporting.
What is not to ‘like’ about the new Facebook?
This is the ‘Like button” that you will now see on all of your fave Web sites.
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Go ahead and click on it and then go to Facebook and check your profile.
Facebook tells developers that the ‘Like’ button will add their Web site to people’s profiles.
This is the new button you will see everywhere on the Web.
What was revealed today was that Facebook wants to be everywhere you go and collect rich data about your preferences. This cute little button unlocks a new Pandora’s box of privacy concerns.
Continue reading ‘Keep Facebook from 'liking' too much of your private life’
Robb will return to the Media Development project to train Egyptian journalists and develop mobile media strategies with publishers.
The offices in Cairo are run by and with a grant from .
Robb Montgomery trains Egyptian journalists in Cairo. Media Development is a USAID funded project.
Continue reading ‘Egypt Media (Part 2)’
Egypt Media (Part 2)
Cairo, Egypt
June 10 — 25, 2010Robb will return to the Media Development project to train Egyptian journalists and develop mobile media strategies with publishers.
The offices in Cairo are run by and with a grant from .
Robb Montgomery trains Egyptian journalists in Cairo. Media Development is a USAID funded project.
Continue reading ‘Egypt Media (Part 1)’
Egypt Media (Part 1)
Cairo, Egypt
May 29, 2010 — June 4, 2010Moscow: Robb is judging a journalism contest and meeting clients. (May, 2010)
Moscow, Russia
moscow, russia
May 20 — 25, 2010Learn the culture and best practices for creating digital content.
Join us May 17-19, 2010 at The Toronto Star for three days of hands-on instruction on Web reporting, video reporting and visual multimedia techniques.
What will I learn?
VISUAL REPORTING - Monday, May 17
Low-cost visual multimedia tools and techniques. Learn how to shoot, edit and create engaging slideshows. How to create sequences and edit audio and create rich-media reports for Web audiences.
MOBILE AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTING - Tuesday, May 18
Techniques for producing field reports using mobile devices and using social media tools. Practice with mobile apps and Web sites that let reporters file richer reports from the field.
Continue reading ‘New media seminars at The Toronto Star’
New media seminars at The Toronto Star
Toronto, Canada
May 17 — 19, 2010 
TORONTO: Robb Montgomery will be presenting a global trends lecture and sharing scenes from his new documentary film “Breaking The News” at the workshop on Friday May 14, 2010.
CNA: Ink and Beyond (Toronto)
Toronto, Canada
May 13 — 14, 2010Haiti: Forget 3D TV hype for a moment and look what Google has done with 3D pictures here to aid in the rescue efforts in Haiti.
Continue reading ‘Haiti: Visual data helps relief workers see hardest hit areas’
Robb’s workshop is an essential step for anyone making the move from print to video journalism - and, let’s face it, that’s everyone in media today.
Miki Lion, beamups.com
Robb is not only a very professional trainer in multimedia subjects he is also a visionary that translates his ideas into money-spinning strategy.
On top he is much liked by his students and colleagues for putting things across to them in a patient, yet convincing way.
In Egypt he is helping change mind-sets on print-online-mobile migration and the monitization thereof.
Continue reading ‘Joe Raffelberg (Egypt Media Development Program)’
