New media and video journalism
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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With a number of prepared modules in his web arsenal, Robb can adjust the content and pacing to suit the audience. This ability worked well for us due to the wide variation of skill levels at our newspaper groups. During a recent trip to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, Robb was an engaging and effective presenter.
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CAIRO - Feb. 14 to March 4, 2010:
I am heading back to Egypt to work for three weeks with the Egypt Media Development Program and the schedule they have prepared is jam-packed with training and consulting visits with journalists from Egypt’s top media houses.
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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)’
MONACO: Mathias Döpfner opened his interview segment at the Monaco Media Forum with the stunning news that the German media giant’s newspaper division is showing a 25.4% profit.
“If print is a dead business, then this kind of death feels pretty comfortable for me.”
No kidding. Springer is riding in the opposite direction of almost every other western media house. Yes, Arianna Huffington is also on stage but is clearly outclassed in this discussion.
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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.
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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.
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One of the students, Noha Atef- Cairo, attending my multimedia journalism workshop at the Press Syndicate in Cairo made this slideshow after the training event.
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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