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In April I will be at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy presenting “Your Smartphone is Your Newsroom”  and producing two workshops on mobile video and multimedia reporting.April 15-19, 2015 Keynote: “Your Smartphone is Your Newsroom” The shift to mobile-first journalism is challenging both the way journalists produce and present interactive news for mobile audiences.  Montgomery will show […]

In June I have been invited to present a two day mobile reporting seminar for undergrad students at FHWien University in Vienna, Austria. All this means that mobile reporting is will be going mainstream in 2015. 

Is vertical video always bad?  pic.twitter.com/XobOkUyium— Robb Montgomery (@robbmontgomery) January 28, 2015 The new Twitter video feature is causing many broadcasters to groan over the vertical videos that amateurs will post to the Twittersphere from breaking news events. Twitter’s app update forces a vertical format when recording video and crops them to a square format. […]

Overnight I received an update to my Twitter app (USA iTunes store) that allows me to record, edit and post videos directly from inside the Twitter app. Here are some of my early tests and notes from Berlin. U must hold phone in Vertical orientation. Can reorder (but not delete) individual clips. pic.twitter.com/DicUbIKCxp— Robb Montgomery […]

  In May, I will be producing a week-long immersion program in Berlin with faculty from the Danish Media School of Journalism. Over four days we will be training reporters on all aspects of smartphone storytelling.