New media and video journalism
I love it when my classroom is full of front-line editors and I love it even more if I am allowed to do more than just give lectures and skills training.
I love to produce workshops where participants learn how to generate new ideas and put form to great ideas living inside of them.
Continue reading ‘Zagreb: Workshops to develop new products and prototypes’
TBILISI: Robb Montgomery is in Georgia supervising the architectural design and news workflow for a new multi-platform newsroom for the G-MEDIA program. (G-MEDIA is funded by USAID and managed by IREX)
DENMARK: Robb Montgomery will be visiting a large media client to design an upgrade to their video studio and to start story planning new documentary films.
January 24-25, 2011
BRUSSELS: Robb Montgomery will be teaching press officers at the European Parliament how to report and produce broadcast-quality audio reports.
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November 8-12, 2010
TBILISI, Georgia: Robb Montgomery will be producing a series of newspaper design workshops for Editors, publishers and designers as part of the IREX program for Media Strengthening.
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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.
Continue reading ‘Cairo: 3-day course in rapid-prototyping techniques’
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
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APME Newstrain
Robb Montgomery will present a workshop on mobile and tablet strategies at APME Newstrain Chicago on Friday March 26, 2010.
Featuring a workshop sessions where delegate will plan an iPad or iPhone app.
80 percent of the world’s population has available mobile phone coverage, and smartphone use is growing faster than any other kind of phone.
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Web reporting
Improve your reporting and audience engagement with social media tools and techniques. Learn how to write for the Web, use RSS to save you time, clear your bookmarks bar to gather better research and use online tools to run surveys and conduct interviews.
Private workshop for staff of 24Sata.
This workshop has recently been give for the staff of France24, KircherBurkhardt, Al Ahram and other top digital content companies. Continue reading ‘Web reporting at 24Sata (Zagreb)’
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.
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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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