New media and video journalism
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.
Upcoming workshops
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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.
Continue reading ‘New media seminars at The Toronto Star’
February 2, 2010
Denmark: (Private event)
This is a pilot project and could result in a four-day video journalism workshop later in the spring.
Continue reading ‘Reporting in video (Denmark)’
January 28, 2010
Berlin: Robb Montgomery will direct a Web multimedia reporting seminar at KircherBurkhardt offices in Germany. (Private event)
Continue reading ‘Writing for the Web (Berlin)’
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:
What will I learn?
WEB REPORTING - Monday, October 5
Improve your reporting and audience engagement with social media tools and techniques. Learn how to write for the Web, manage a Twitter persona for yourself or your organization and dig into many delicious ways to use social media for research and publishing.
Screenshot from Robb's new presentation on Visual Journalism: Evolution of the narrative
In this session, editors will learn presentation methods beyond the linear narrative. Discover alternate story forms and more visual approaches to make information easy for readers to comprehend. Also see techniques that embrace more Web-centric, community-driven presentations.
Understanding different story forms will help you to assign stories to writers in more meaningful ways. The session will use attendee’s publications as visual aids.
Continue reading ‘Visual Journalism: Evolution of the Narrative’
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: http://toronto.eventbrite.com
What will I learn?
WEB REPORTING - Monday, October 5
Improve your reporting and audience engagement with social media tools and techniques. Learn how to write for the Web, manage a Twitter persona for yourself or your organization and dig into many delicious ways to use social media for research and publishing.
Continue reading ‘New Media seminars at The Toronto Star’
Four days of seminars on video journalism - reporting and editing
Produced by Visual Editors and Beamups.com
Continue reading ‘Video editing seminars (London)’
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, cost and links are included here.
Continue reading ‘Twitter for Journalists: World Editors Forum Webinar’
I will deliver three sessions on mulitmedia reporting at Wordstock in Toronto, Oct 3. 2009
We will cover the fundamentals of tech and technique all with a veteran journalist’s understanding and expertise in using these tools to produce compelling digital mulit media.
Continue reading ‘Multimedia reporting seminars (Toronto)’
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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