I’ve been fairly quiet in recent months, mostly because I’ve been deep in researching, writing, and film editing in Los Angeles. I am back in my Berlin studio to share a roundup of projects you may find useful for teaching, newsroom training, or your own practice.
New Video Creator Course & Full-Stack Creator Kit
Over the past three years I’ve been developing and testing a video creator syllabus with mid-career graduate students at SUSS in Singapore, focusing on practical methods that hold up inside real newsroom and content-team workflows.
That syllabus has now been translated into a live video creator masterclass at the Smart Film School, built from the worksheets, case studies, and production methods that emerged from this teaching cycle.
The video creator masterclass is anchored by a “full-stack Creator Kit” designed for mobile-first and social video workflows: combining AI tools, design thinking, script development, audience focus, and the work of building an on‑camera creator persona that can sustain a regular publishing rhythm. The live instructor-led Video Content Creator Sprint. sessions are Sept 28 and October 5.
Singapore Week & 1‑Day Team Workshops
From August 10–14 I’ll be on campus in Singapore and in town for a week of teaching and project meetings.
While I’m there, I’m booking a limited number of 1‑day video creator workshops for editorial, communications, and education teams who want to sharpen their social video AI-fueled script writing and storyboarding efforts.
If your newsroom, university, or communications team is based in Singapore and would like to host an in‑person workshop during that week, you can reach me via the contact page on robbmontgomery.com to compare calendars and needs.
Completing the Master’s in Visual Media Anthropology
I’m now emerging from a 24‑month Master’s program in Visual Media Anthropology at Media University Berlin, where my research examines journalism as a social and visual practice of trust in an age of platforms and AI.
The portfolio spans film, spatial journalism, immersive investigative journalism, and a masterwork that documents 19 years of journalism history through interviews with top editors from 12 countries.
A key part of this portfolio of interest to academics is the longitudinal archive presented in
The Trust Graph – Montgomery Longitudinal Visual Archive.
Fill out the Library Acquisition Form if you wish to use it for your university research and scholarship on media trust, newsroom change, or visual methods.
Film Festivals & Academic Screenings
The 88‑minute feature documentary from this long‑term project is now being prepared for entry into film festivals. Alongside the festival version, I’m offering private screening events of a 44‑minute academic cut, paired with a live Q&A and research presentation tailored for media programs and journalism schools. I present session both as in-person visits and also online via this portal.
For university departments looking to host a screening event on media trust, newsroom change, and platform-era journalism—grounded in a rare 19‑year longitudinal data set—you may be interested in scheduling an academic screening and discussion for your students and faculty. Initial enquiries can be sent via the contact page.
Visual Editors Forums Return (with EU Privacy)
Back in 2004 I launched the Visual Editors Forums, a community space for visual journalists that many of you may remember from the pre‑Twitter era. Recently, Ernie Smith wrote that he missed those forums, which sparked a conversation about whether we could rebuild a social space for media people that respects EU privacy and data laws, avoids algorithms, eliminates bots, and avoids targeted adverts from our professional lives.
The result: The Smart Film School now hosts new community forums for the Visual Editors crowd, as well as spaces for filmmakers and students in Smart Film School courses.
Registration is free, and the goal is simple: a quiet, constructive place for media
professionals, educators, and creators to share work and methods without platform noise.
You can find the Visual Editors community at the Smart Film School.
Sign up for free here.
To keep this space genuinely useful and inclusive, I’d love for you to share your own updates there—course launches, newsroom projects, research, festival news, or work from your students. The forums are designed as a place where mobile journalism creators and educators can learn from one another, not just follow what I’m doing.
Staying in Touch
If any of these projects align with what you’re teaching, researching, or building in your newsroom or classroom, I’d be glad to compare notes, share materials, or help you host an event that fits your context.
The easiest way to reach me is via this contact form on robbmontgomery.com.And if you have news or projects of your own to highlight, please consider posting them in the Visual Editors community so the wider mobile journalism and media education community can see what you’re working on.
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