Below is a slideshow of great pages that proves the visual journalism is not dead.
Not dead by a mile - and work like this is even more necessary when editors need to tell complex stories in an economy of newsprint. Stories that can be scanned and read in non-linear fashion.
The quality of work submitted to the Visual Editors portfolio site every day illustrates that the craft and need for editorial visuals is still being produced at a high level in newsrooms around the globe.
Every few days the editors highlight the strongest page designs and graphics to be featured on the home page.
I finally have edited down the photos to post here on the blog from my holiday last week. I have been on the road since November 14 when I left Chicago for Dehli, India. It was nice to unplug the laptop and have a few days of extreme camping.
Trek along with me and see a fascinating desert few Western tourists ever get to visit. Everywhere there are fossils and evidence of an ancient sea that once teemed here. shells, petrified coral, sea vent volcanos and amazing skies.
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.
