New media and video journalism
Berlin, DE
September 17-October 3.
I’ll be in Germany meeting with clients, editing films and and developing training programs.
Contact me if you are interested in making an appointment.
CAIRO - October 9-22, 2010:
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.
Continue reading ‘Cairo: New product strategies for media companies’
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.”
Continue reading ‘Hamburg: World Editors Forum’
American journalist and filmmaker, Robb Montgomery, will join a media discussion panel convening at the C ‘n’ B conference in Cologne, Germany on June 25. He will show rough-cut scenes from his ongoing documentary, “Breaking The News,” a feature-length movie that documents the disruptive changes affecting journalism around the world.
Follow the conference:
C ‘n’ B Festival & Convention | 23 - 28 June 2010 | Cologne
www.cnb-convention.com
www.twitter.com/copopfestival
www.twitter.com/CnBConvention
Continue reading ‘Cologne: C ‘n’ B Festival’
SLIDESHOW: Teaching rapid prototyping and new product development strategies to media managers in Egypt.
Today my students completed a USAID-funded workshop designed to teach journalists how to use market-focused techniques and apply a systematic, segmented approach to developing actionable ideas and quality prototypes designed to reach a new or existing audience.
Egypt’s media houses are using training efforts like this to modernize their news operations and develop independent revenue sources.
Robb will return to the Media Development project to train Egyptian journalists and develop mobile media strategies with publishers.
The Egypt Media Development offices in Cairo are run by IREX and MSI with a grant from USAID.
Robb Montgomery trains Egyptian journalists in Cairo. Media Development is a USAID funded project.
Robb will return to the Media Development project to train Egyptian journalists and develop mobile media strategies with publishers.
The Egypt Media Development offices in Cairo are run by IREX and MSI with a grant from USAID.
Robb Montgomery trains Egyptian journalists in Cairo. Media Development is a USAID funded project.
Moscow: Robb is judging a journalism contest and meeting clients. (May, 2010)
The Canadian Newspaper Association is bringing Robb Montgomery to Vancouver, B.C. and Calgary, A.B. for a series of new media workshops.
Newsroom training at The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal, The Vancouver Sun and the Black Publishing group in Richmond, BC
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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