Visual Editors

Sweden: At the first day of the World Editors Forum in Gothenburg, editors-in-chief of newspapers from all over the world were gathered for an intimate welcome breakfast. Peter Hjörne, editor-in-chief for the opinion and editorial pages of the local newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, held an affectionate welcome speach. The 15th World Editors Forum and congress has gathered 1,800 participants from 130 countries in Gothenburg. Blogs and more video reports from the congress can be found online at the Editors Weblog.

Sweden: Student journalists report in video from the first day of the World Editors Forum featured three roundtable discussions, one about freedom of the press, new digital platforms and perhaps the biggest challenge for newspapers these days, how can newspapers attract young readers. The 15th World Editors Forum and congress has gathered 1,800 participants from 130 countries in Gothenburg. Blogs and more video reports from the congress can be found online at the Editors Weblog.

Robb Montgomery is in Sweden leading a team of student VJs who will produce video reports in Gothenborg at the World Editors Forum. This film catches up with Robb as he makes a short stop in Berlin with scenes from Paris, Berlin and Cairo to set the stage for the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum.

Video journalism from Egypt. A video vignette of one of the calmer scenes in the exotic chaos of Cairo - a soft wind cruise on the fabled Nile River. Filmed by Robb Montgomery who is teaching innovative journalism techniques to reporters, editors and visual journalists in newsrooms and classrooms around the world. In his most recent visit to Cairo he delivered seminars and training at Ahram Canadian University, an eight-grade class in Sakkar, The Supreme Press Council, Cairo University and in visits to newspaper offices like Al Akbar. Visual Editors is building a new video journalism training and social network at www.campvj.com. Post your video and share critiques.

Documentary report from the Camp Video Journalism training week held at the Chicago Sun-Times May 5-9, 2008. Camp Video Journalism upgrades a reporter's skills to meet the demands of the networked journalism era. Camp VJ Chicago students included a Pultizer-Prize winning photographer, newspaper reporters, broadcast professionals and the director of a major U.S. Journalism school. The game has changed media makers and journalists need focused and practical video training that can make a dramatic difference, right away. See the student films at http://www.campvj.com Produced by Robb Montgomery

Camp VJ: Hands-on training for the next generation of video journalists. More info and student films online: www.campvj.com This promo film was produced by David Dunkley Gyimah from footage taken during the week-long Camp VJ Chicago workshop. David is a U.K. video journalist, the founder of www.viewmagazine.tv and a world-class visual journalist, lecturer and Web pioneer.

Use VizEds to host your portfolio pages or video and get a widget to post your work anywhere on the Web. In this 3:46 video, Robb telestrates the powerful portfolio management features on the site.