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Video: Egypt’s Faceless Revolution

The Toronto Star is running my latest video - Egypt’s Faceless Revolution

The past few days I have been making audio interviews with several Egyptian sources about what is happening in the country and in their neighborhoods. Fascinating history unfolding. Will take some time to edit the hours of recorded audio and cut into a story. I probably will turn it into film because I think that subtitles will need to be added to aid comprehension.

Cairo, Egypt - New media workshops

January 29- February 21, 2011

CAIRO: Robb Montgomery will be in Egypt to work with the Media Development program and advise on the Al-Ahram FUTUROOM project.

Upcoming workshops

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Cairo, Egypt - New media workshops
Cairo, Egypt
January 29, 2011February 21, 2011

Cairo, Egypt - Digital reporting workshops

December 5-17, 2010

CAIRO: Robb Montgomery will be producing a series of workshops on digital journalism and multimedia reporting for the Egypt Media Development Program, A USAID-funded project.

Upcoming workshops

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Cairo, Egypt - Digital reporting workshops
Cairo, Egypt
December 05 — 17, 2010

Train ride: Cairo to Alexandria, Egypt

Travel on Egyptian Railways and enjoy the scenic ride between Cairo and Alexandria.

Features a demo version of Robb’s song “Tumble, Rumble Fumble.”

“Tumble (Reprise)”, is an instrumental variation featuring acoustic guitars.

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On the set of "Breaking The News": Cairo and Al Ahram

I query an editor at the steps of Al Ahram. Egypt's<br />
largest newspaper

My colleague, Ahmed Montasser, is providing simultaneous Arabic to
English translation to me in this moment. He is literally whispering
into my ear as I query an editor at the steps of Al Ahram. Egypt's
largest newspaper

Over the past three weeks I have filmed more than eight key interviews in Toronto, Moscow, Cairo and Alexandria for the journalism documentary, "Breaking The News."

Interviews with editors-in-in chief in Moscow and Alexandria, entrepreneurial journalists at a week-old-online startup in Toronto, and today, the chairman of the board of a 15,000 employee media house in the most populated Arabic country in the world.

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Cairo: 3-day course in rapid-prototyping techniques

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.

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Egypt Media (Part 2)

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.

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Egypt Media (Part 2)
Cairo, Egypt
June 10 — 25, 2010

Egypt Media (Part 1)

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.

Robb Montgomery trains Egyptian journalists in Cairo. Media Development is a USAID funded project.

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Egypt Media (Part 1)
Cairo, Egypt
May 29, 2010June 4, 2010

Joe Raffelberg (Egypt Media Development Program)

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.

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Cairo: 3 weeks of multimedia workshops for journalists

Robb Montgomery poses with Egypt Media Development Program colleagues during the filming of a documentary they produced together in 2009.

CAIRO - Feb. 14 to March 4, 2010:

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