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Writing for the Web seminars (Paris)
A five day workshop for France24 on writing for the Web. Private client training in Paris, France.

New media seminars at The Toronto Star
Learn the culture and best practices for creating digital media to work better with the real-time Web. Join us October 5-7, 2009 at The Toronto Star for three days of hands-on instruction on Web reporting, video reporting and visual multimedia techniques. DETAILS:

Visual Journalism lecture (Moscow)

[/caption] I'll be presenting a lecture on visual journalism at the sixth Russian news design conference in Moscow Oct.31-Nov. 1

Twitter for Journalists: World Editors Forum Webinar
Not sure how best to use Twitter for your newsroom or for yourself? You may want to register for this new Twitter Webinar I have just designed for the Paris-based World Editors Forum. I, naturally, just tweeted the details but for those who follow this blog instead of @robbmontgomery the details, ...

Study Tour - Washington, D.C.
.!.I am leading a delegation of foreign journalists to visit press and media houses in Washington and Philadelphia.

Multimedia journalism - small cameras for slideshows and videos
.!.One of the students, Noha Atef- Cairo, attending my multimedia journalism workshop at the Press Syndicate in Cairo made this slideshow after the training event. Pretty cool and great use of the primary lessons taught: How to tell a visual story and how to share it easily with free ...

Video journalism workshop at Cairo University
CAIRO: I am working in Cairo for the next three weeks leading a number of training initiatives for working journalists and journalism faculty. Today I began the first course. A video and multimedia journalism workshop at Cairo University. I develop visual and multimedia training events for the Egypt Media Development ...

Design consulting in Prague
I will be a World Editors forum on-site consultant for two days in Prague working with John Burke, Martha Stone, Bertrand Pecquerie and Francois Nel. We are brainstorming ideas for a new international multimedia training center for journalists and guiding plans for the launch of dozens of new newspapers for the ...

Making Better Short-Form Video
Making Better Short-Form Video Discussion of the elements of strong video. Managing and planning for tightly-edited video narratives and lessons from top video journalists. Robb Montgomery will lead this seminar at the APME Newstrain workshop in St. Louis on March 8, 2009. Registration information.

Video editing workshop in Berlin at KircherBurkhardt
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Robb Montgomery in Moscow.

A quick update about the three-day video class I will be producing for Camp Video Journalism in Berlin, Germany next month. If you are thinking of attending this video editing workshop in Europe, please register soon. The ...

Chicago (Trends in online and video journalism)
Two-part lecture on Web video and where the Web is going. "Trends in online and video journalism." for The Alliance of Area Business Publications meeting For members only

Schedule: Master Classes for Romanian Editors-in-Chief
I am flying to Bucharest today at the invitation of the World Editors Forum to teach two Master Classes at the Executive Media Management Institute. I really like the structure of these discussions - 20 minute presentation and 70 minute conversation, that's a great format for an executive audience and my ...

India (Design workshop)
Two day class on design and newspaper redesign in Hyderabad, India. Offered by IFRA and taught by Robb Montgomery. November, 17-18, 2008 Hyderabad, India Registration and seminar details are available on the IFRA Web site.

Camp VJ Chicago (Newspaper video workshop)
Camp Video Journalism Chicago September 24, 25, 26 Chicago Sun-Times Early-bird registration is limited and ends August 20. Learn more. Visual Editors presents a September video journalism training seminar. A three-day Camp VJ workshop for reporters carrying video cameras. Details about this course and registration fees What will you learn at Camp Video Journalism? Watch the ...

Pennysylvania: Video Journalism workshop for reporters (Two day)
Video Journalism (multi-day, hands-on workshop) Instructor: Robb Montgomery GOAL: Journalists will learn the fundamentals of producing compelling Web video journalism. Reporters will learn how to set up their cameras and audio gear to produce professional reports from the field; How to shoot and edit sequences, conduct interviews for film and practice with the ...

Bucharest (Master class for Editors-in-chief)
Teaching on newspaper design and redesign trends at the world Editors Forum Master Class workshop in Romania October 2-3, 2008.

Teaching video journalism at Newstrain: Student films
A few demonstration video reports from the APME Newstrain video and new media training seminar I was teaching at for the last two days. We went over the fundamental techniques for shooting and editing films. We covered a lot of ground in a short time and ...

Cairo, Egypt (Documentary filmmaking)
November 20 - December 20 Directing a documentary film project and teaching journalists how to report with video for MDP Egypt.

Sweden bound: Video sequences of Cairo, Paris, Berlin and Michigan
I am in Sweden leading a team of student VJs who will produce video reports in Gothenborg at the World Editors Forum. This film catches up with me as I make a short stop in Berlin. Includes scenes from recent stops in Paris, Berlin and Cairo and sets the stage ...

Video journalism training at Camp VJ Chicago
Video journalism training - lessons learned from Robb montgomery Documentary report from the Camp Video Journalism training week held at the Chicago Sun-Times May 5-9, 2008. This is a film I have been editing since last Saturday. It took longer to get up because I had so much local travel ...

Paris: Design, video and multimedia workshop
I'll be presenting "Web Video is Not Television!" at the IFRA International Conference "Design for newspapers and magazines" in Paris. The event will place at the Executive Briefing Center Apple in Paris on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 May. This event will be a unique occasion that will bring together those who ...

Chicago: Making films with David Dunkley Gyimah
Camp Video Journalism - the week-long Web video workshop in Chicago has ended - but the films from the events are still rolling out. The video above is David Dunkley Gyimah's promo reel cut from footage that he and I shot in Chicago during our brief time together. Special thanks ...

Camp VJ - Chicago Video Journalism Training
Camp VJ student and Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer, John H. White talks about what he learned at Camp VJ Find more videos like this on Camp Video Journalism Camp VJ Chicago has been a hit according to students and instructors who participated. Director of the J-School at Michigan State Jane ...

Seminar: How to use free or low-cost Web services to enhance your paper?s online reporting and multimedia efforts
How to use free or low-cost Web services to enhance your paper's online reporting and multimedia efforts. The latest innovations and tools for everyday multimedia and web reporting. From sourcing, to podcasting, to Google map mashups - engage your journalists and communities with the latest tools and techniques." There is so much ...