New media and video journalism
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Continue reading ‘On the set of "Breaking The News": Cairo and Al Ahram’
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’
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.
Continue reading ‘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.
Continue reading ‘Egypt Media (Part 1)’
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.
Continue reading ‘Joe Raffelberg (Egypt Media Development Program)’
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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