Robb Montgomery

“How do we make stories that mobile users will love?” is a great question to ask these days as the intersection of mobile+social+video continues to grow stronger and more profound. This topic creates a number of exciting possibilities and opportunities for mobile storytellers and story builders.   This topic is something that I have been researching and […]

Mic test of the Sennheiser ClipMic Digital.  This is a new pro lapel mic that let’s you record film and broadcast audio quality with an iPhone or iPad. It cost $199 and you can order it here: http://j.mp/clipmic Download the Apogee Maestro app and set the mic gain between 20 and 25 DB.  10 Steps […]

Use these 8 Great Facebook tips to improve your news feeds and reach more of your actual friends. Most content from your friends never reaches you. If you want to see more items from specific people put them in a list and visit that list. Lists show all new posts.  Mark your friends in either […]

Get started making incredible multimedia story cards that can be shared on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. What is a story card? Making tutorials that show how to make #mojo story cards like this using your iPhone. www.smartfilschool.com A video posted by robb montgomery (@robbmonty) on May 3, 2015 at 3:32am PDT This is an example […]

PEW says that mobile devices drive the majority of traffic to the stories that media companies produce.  It is time to start understanding about some of the ways that the mobile video experience is changing journalism. This post examines the classic video/film interview. How is vertical video changing the the interview style of journalists? The concept […]

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch captured the terrifying moment the Everest base camp was hit by an avalanche triggered by the Nepal earthquake. The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 22,000. Kobusch posted his footage to YouTube. NOTE: Kobusch can be heard cursing while filming […]

Trends in Mobile-first storytelling: International Journalism Festival. Read on Storfiy: http://sfy.co/a0VNS [View the story “Trends in Mobile-first storytelling. International Journalism Festival in Perguia #IJF15 @journalismfest” on Storify] Navigate the @journalismfest Universe, with this Twitter data viz. h/t @mirkolorenz http://www.misurarelacomunicazione.it/2015/04/20/ijf15-mappa-interattiva-delle-mention-degli-hashtag/