Camp Video Journalism - Orlando focused on training the next generation of educators. We had several K-12 teachers as well as college students taking the course and while I could certainly write more about MY impressions from the sessions, I think it might be more beneficial to relay the feedback I just got from Camp VJ student and Kalamazoo, Michigan educator Anthony Gettig.
Thank you so much for CampVJ Orlando! Lance, Kristen, and I really enjoyed our time in this beautiful city and learned so much during our stay.
Ken, your hospitality was very generous. Thank you for being such a gracious host. I appreciate the opportunity to get to know you a bit and share some great stories. Thanks too for the encouragement about my coffee video podcast. Valencia is blessed to have a great professor like you there.
Leading a video editing class at KircherBurkardt in Berlin, Germany.
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 response for this event has been strong and past video training workshops have sold out.
The event will take place at the world-class KircherBurkhardt publishing house in central Berlin and I will be joined by German video journalist Kristin Jankowsi who produces news films for Der Tagesspiegel.
Great news! For the March 17-19 video journalism training, Visual Editors has a great host in KircherBurkhardt. KircherBurkhardt is the famous German editorial design firm and is donating training space and facilities.
I did a few days of private multimedia training with KB staff last year and my friend, Lukas Kircher has opened up his shop to allow this event to take place for anyone who wants to learn how to tell Web video stories better. Walking into KB is like entering Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. It is Germany’s largest information graphics operation and it is an amazing place to come practice multimedia.
All proceeds benefit the Visual Editors charity.
Come to Berlin to learn: – Fundamentals of camera usage
– Shooting and editing sequences
– How to gather audio
– Elements of visual stories
– Writing scripts, recording voice overs and editing scenes
– Final Cut shortcuts and workflows
– Compressing, uploading and filing videos for Web
Alright, I am building a new ‘database.’
Ooh. that sounds sexy, does it not?
OK. Dull boring word for a file that contains a sparkling collection of teaching talent. Your talent - if you fit the bill.
I am recruiting top journalists who know how to teach Web video, multimedia blogging, database mashups, online communities, widget scripting, mobile-journalism techniques and more.
There are new training ventures for Robb Montgomery Consulting and also the digital journalism non-profit, Visual Editors. More and more of my clients are asking for more and more specialized training and are also asking me to organize and produce custom training events.
After a restful holiday, I am looking forward to scrambling the jets again and heading out to work with reporters, editors and colleagues in newsrooms and classrooms near and far.
Here’s the latest working travel schedule for the first half of the new year. Hope to see you soon!
Of course a few of these are TBA - just wanted to give you an early heads up - let me know if there is anything I can do for you while I am in your neighborhood.
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.
