Robb Montgomery returns to Egypt to work again with the Egypt Media Development Program, a USAID-funded training program operated by IREX and MSI, Inc.
Over two weeks he will be training and consulting with cross-media journalists and senior executives at Egypt’s top media houses.
Montgomery’s specialty is to lead senior managers in goal-oriented workshops where they learn his system for developing new products and ideas for serving new audiences.
Robb Montgomery will lead a training seminar about multmedia video skills for journalists attending a lecture series “10 en Comunicació”, on digital journalism which will take place this autumm in Barcelona.
ESCACC is producing the series and works with the objective of contributing to the development of the Catalan cultural and media industry. They sponsor activities in the field of innovation, strategy and training among the companies and agents in the sector.
ESCACC also argues for a strong, modern, creative and independent media system.
I’ll be directing a team of German journalism students who will be documenting in video reports and social media from the floor of the 17th World Editors Forum to be held in Hamburg, Germany, from 6 to 8 October 2010.
I have been working with WAN at these events since 2005 where I presented on tabloid design to editors-in-chief and then joined their live blogging desk to file updates from other speakers.
This 2010 version in Hamburg is a must-attend. WAN-IFRA has a fascinating program which focuses on “why mobile distribution will change the news business.”
I am often asked where my favorite places are from my world tours. Hands down, Scotland is my favorite place to visit. She owns a strong spiritual attraction and it is an enchanted land. When my wheels stop turning, this is where you’ll find me.
Scenes of pristine nature across Scotland: The Trossachs, Glencoe, Inverness, Loch Lomond, Mallaig and the Island of Skye.
Cologne: Visit the twin-steepled Dom, the street cafes and a lover’s bridge over the Rhine River.
It is summer holiday season and I am sharing a series of mini travelogues.
These little side projects were filmed as I travelled to Sweden, Germany, Russia, Egypt, Canada and Scotland producing the documentary film, “Breaking The News.”
This is my trekking bike outfitted with Ortleib classic bike roller bags (Waterproof) tent, and mattress pad. Note the improvised “Stella” handlebar bag.
Prerow, DE: I went camping recently at the Baltic Sea. The campgrounds in this region are typically only a minute’s walk to the strand (beach). And, unless you made your reservation back in January, don’t bother driving.
This string of little beach villages is packed with local tourists and many of the locals I met here grew up in East Germany. Hard to imagine standing here in a tranquil seascape that these vast natural resources were used by GDR frontier guards to keep East Germans from escaping to the West. Before the fall of the wall in 1989, these same shores and camping places were patrolled by troops in high-speed boats and armed soldiers with high-power search lights.
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.