Five workshop programs where editors and reporters gain fluency and confidence in mobile reporting, video journalism, writing for the Web, data journalism, design, graphics, social media, and new product development. Training modules are typically organized into multi-day training workshops that focus on a specific area of knowledge. -- Mobile reporting with smartphone + laptop -- Data journalism, social media and writing for the Web -- Video journalism and documentary filmmaking -- Design and redesign -- Rapid prototyping ideas for new products and services

1. Training that delivers results
We offer five workshop
programs where editors
and reporters gain fluency
and confidence in mobile
reporting, video journalism,
writing for the Web, data
journalism, design, graphics,
social media, and new
product development.
Mobile Data Video Design Innovation

2. A five-day course that introduces the latest mobile reporting
techniques and the fundamental building blocks for producing
compelling multimedia story packages.
With smartphones students will produce multimedia reports
that include photo, video, text, audio and location information.
(Android and iPhone supported)
With laptops students will learn how to create charts from
data, report in pictures and maps, create timelines from
spreadsheets and produce interactive elements that engage
online audiences.
Mobile reporting:
Smartphone + Laptop
Mobile

3. Master mobile multimedia skills
Learn how to use your smartphone to produce high quality multimedia
Produce compelling
video sequences
Set up the camera and
microphones to get the
best quality and avoid
common mistakes
Write and format scripts
for easy-to-record voice
overs
Learn how to
produce NPR-style
audio reports
Use geo-location
information in your field
reporting
Produce and share 360-
degree photo and video
panoramas
Build strong
visual packages
for video,
photo collages
and social media
updates
Master camera and photo
techniques to
get most out of
smartphone apps
Build photo/mapping
story packages
Mobile

4. Develop visual reporting skills
Quickly produce data-
driven timeline stories
with text, images, links,
and video
Find sources for visuals to
add to mapping locations
Move beyond static text
and report with rich,
interactive elements
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Mobile Reporting brochure
Use advanced editing and
collaboration tools for
larger projects
Choose the best chart
type for the data you
have gathered
Build data-driven surveys
and polls and visualize the
results
Build embeddable
interactive images with
videos, photos, links, and
text
Transform numbers
and spreadsheets into
visualizations that provide
impact
Build a comprehensive
multimedia slideshow
using your new skills
Use free or low-cost Web services to create multimedia assets
Mobile

5. Training plans that grow confidence
Smartphone Smartphone Phone + Laptop Laptop Phone + Laptop
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Morning
10:00-
13:30
CLASSROOM
•Video reporting
•Visual sequences
•Natural sound
CLASSROOM
•Interviewing
•Audio stories
•Telepromptr
•Scripts
•Voice overs
•Live video streaming
CLASSROOM
•Photo+GPS story,
•Panoramas, collages
•and photo stories
•Fast images to social
media
CLASSROOM
•Data and
visualizations
•Maps
•Charts
FIELD EXERCISE
Team Project:
Small groups will plan a
story package and make
reporting assignments
Go into the field to
gather original reporting
Afternoon
14:30-
16:00
FIELD EXERCISES
LAB: Log, edit and
assemble a video
sequence
FIELD EXERCISES
LAB: Build an
interview audio
package and a new
video sequence
FIELD EXERCISES
LAB: Produce
a photo + GPS story,
panoramas, photo essay,
and a two video
sequences
CLASSROOM
•Surveys/ polls
•Interactive Images
•Timelines
CLASSROOM
Students return from
their reporting and edit
final packages into a
comprehensive package.
Presentations
and Final review
Progressive lectures and labs guide students to combine new skills
The schedule shown above is a one week intensive training plan we produced
for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow, Bishkek andTbilisi.
Mobile

6. A three day course designed to introduce
journalists to writing for structure,
managing data and spreadsheets,
understanding data visualizations, creating
online surveys for interviews, and learning
new ways to present data-driven
information.
Participants also learn advanced social media
and collaboration techniques.
Data journalism, social media
and writing for the Web
Data

7. Grow your digital journalism literacy
Master interview and
research techniques
using the latest online
tools
Grasp the fundamentals
of structured text, SEO,
and metadata
Learn how to verify
content on social
networks
Master the curation of
content and advanced
sourcing techniques
Visualize information
from databases
Adopt best practices for
Twitter and Facebook
engagement
Apply advanced search
techniques for social
media
Develop a Social Media
monitoring and response
system
Choose the best chart
type for the data you
have gathered
Learn curation
techniques and short-
form writing that propels
digital stories
Build data-driven surveys
and polls and visualize the
results
Build embeddable
interactive images with
videos, photos, links, and
text
Learn how to incorporate
all this multimedia into
your blog
Data

8. Students will gain experience and
confidence with all aspects of producing
news video packages.
From story planning, to filming visual
sequences, camera and microphone usage,
conducting interviews, lighting techniques,
gathering sound, and editing footage.
This is an immersive multi-day course
for a small group of participants.
Video journalism
and documentary filmmaking
Video

9. Master the art of reporting in video
Learn how to report and
build visually-driven
narratives
Master the camera and
the technology
How to tell a visual
story
Learn the critical angles
and shots for video
sequences
Basic lighting
for interviews
Story planning and scene
storyboarding
Editing tips for solving
common problems
Mastering Pieces to
Camera and stand-ups
Video for live events
Understand common
edits
Recording voice-over
narration
How to prepare and
conduct interviews
How to filmVOX pops
Advanced interviewing
techniques
How to use action cams
like the GoPro Hero
Learn to write scripts
forTelepromter reads
Capturing and building
natural sound assets
Video

10. A multi-day, practical workshop
in visual storytelling,
publication design, and best
practices in visual editing.
Learn how to tell stories
beyond words, how to plan
packages and identify goals
for a redesign project
Publication design and redesign
Design

11. Design expertise to guide your teams
How to innovate on
deadline using scalable
design strategies
Master the elements and
principles of design
Learn to use editor-
driven planning
techniques
Learn to design stories
and news products from
a reader-centric
perspective
Improve photo usage and
graphics planning
How to organize the
editorial and ad space to
build a publication
roadmap
Master the fundamentals
of the cover design and
double pages
Case studies of innovative
redesign projects from
around the world
Adopt proven layout
techniques to create high
impact page designs
Learn magazine
approaches to crafting
story packages
How to reorganize
your newsroom and
workflows to achieve
great design
Plan visual elements to
answer story questions
Design

12. From brainstorming ideas to scoping,
scheduling, and execution you’ll develop
the skills to effectively organize and
develop almost any new idea for a new
product or services into a refined concept
suitable to pitch to decision-makers.
Rapid prototyping ideas
for new products and services
Innovation
This workshop is for editors, managers,
Web producers or any team that has
to develop actionable plans for new
products and services.

13. Develop, design and share great ideas
This seminar can be
produced as a one-day
or multi-day workshop
according to client goals.
Clients usually provide a
seed focus and key data
around developing a new
app, print product or
Web site.
Learn how to identify
and organize the
development phases for
any new product
or service.
We use the Design
Method™ to show how
small teams can rapidly
develop innovative
concepts, refine their
ideas and move them
forward without delay.
Incorporate market
research, develop
mission objectives and
structure the visual
presentations using
Maestro techniques.
Gain management insight
in how to build and
manage creative teams.
Participants learn market-
focused techniques and
apply a systematic
approach to developing
market-driven ideas and
prototypes to reach new
or existing audiences.
Innovation

14. The new
stuff is
not news
to us
We’ve been providing
multimedia training
and consulting for
media professionals
since 2005.

15. Let’s design a program for you
We are based in Berlin Mitte.
Contact us today to book your training program.
Robb Montgomery
Web: robbmontgomery.com
Facebook: robbmontgomery
Twitter: @robbmontgomery