Mobile Video Journalism: Video Editing for Mobile Reporters
What you'll learn
- Best practices for producing, filming, and editing mobile video
- How to use the Filmic Pro app to capture broadcast-quality smartphone video
- How to develop a mobile video story from start to finish
- Master storyboarding techniques and mobile video story forms
- Produce a portfolio of mobile videos with 10 projects
- Develop in-depth interviewing techniques that deliver great results
- How to edit a branded video on a mobile device for quick publishing
- The basics of editing on iMovie (and other video apps)
- How to deliver for a polished, professional look to your video stories
- The secrets to creating social video that resonates with a mobile audience!
Requirements
- No previous experience is required
- You will need a late-model smartphone (iOS or Android)
- Some apps we show are paid, but are not expensive. Many are free.
Description
Mobile Video Journalism Course - Android and iPhone video production workflows.
UPDATED: November 2021
Two new modules added:
How to produce a reporter-led news package for a broadcast TV.
Learn to report, shoot, script, edit, and output quick-turnaround news stories with your smartphone.
Crisis Reporting Masterclass with a former Reuters TV journalist
Learn how to capture video in war zones and hostile areas and keep yourself and your team safe
This comprehensive Mobile Journalism Masterclass was originally developed to train CNN journalists and is updated frequently with new tutorials. It has been used to train thousands of reporters and uses proven distance learning techniques.
"Robb is an excellent instructor. He knows his subject matter and teaches each module clearly. I highly recommend his course. Enroll now!"
— Jayson Guerrero ★★★★★
This course will teach you the methods that produce professional-looking video packages every time.
This instructor has more than 1,000 ★★★★★ reviews on his Smart Film School courses.
The lessons in this course were developed from the experiences of training thousands of broadcast journalists how to tell stories with their mobile phones. Get the same training that professional broadcasters use.
"Robb is very clear and straightforward in his teaching, and I appreciate the way his lectures are backed up with slide or text reviews. Production quality is professional. Highly recommended!”
– Stephen Box ★★★★★
This step-by-step class teaches all aspects of video production: From interviewing to editing.
What you'll learn:
Best practices for producing, filming, and editing mobile video
How to use the Filmic Pro app to capture broadcast-quality video
How to develop a mobile video story from start to finish
Master storyboarding, script writing and story forms
Produce a portfolio of mobile videos with the included story projects
Develop in-depth interviewing techniques that deliver great results
Produce and edit a branded video on a mobile device for quick publishing
The basics of editing on iMovie (and other video apps)
How to deliver for a polished, professional look to your mobile video stories
The secrets to creating video that resonates with a mobile audience!
You will learn how to produce professional video in this course.
"I am a mobile journalism educator and professional. I took Robb's course to gain additional training and found out how little I actually knew! Robb's course is great for, both, beginners and advanced mobile journalists."
— Len Clark, University of Notre Dame ★★★★★
No previous video production experience is required.
"The instructor's language is easy to catch up with, all explanations are deep yet easy to understand even for a beginner."
— Priyag Kurup ★★★★★
There are more than 25,000 happy students enrolled in Smart Film School courses including field reporters from Reuters video, CNN and The New York Times.
I encourage you to read the five-star reviews from real people, just like you.
Enroll today.
NOTE: An instructor-led, diploma version of this video course content is used by more than 50 universities and professional media organizations - details at the Smart Film School web site.
Who this course is for:
- Journalists
- Media students
- Mobile journalism trainers
- Social Media teams
- Communications teams
- Social media teams
- Journalism instructors
- Correspondents
- Broadcasters
Course content
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- 00:46How to take this course
Instructor
![Robb Montgomery](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 1,415 Reviews
- 16,953 Students
- 14 Courses
• Video Journalism Trainer & Consultant
• Author, "Mobile Journalism" (2020) & "Smartphone Video Storytelling" (2018)
As a media development trainer, Montgomery leads programs in Video Reporting, Digital Transformation and Broadcast Television in more than 40 countries.
He produce workshops with journalists and TV correspondents for Reuters, CNN, IREX, The New York Times, Journalism Co UK, Mediacorp, Radio Free Europe, TVN, BILD, and VRT public broadcasters.
Montgomery teaches at journalism schools in Paris, Berlin, London, Cairo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Singapore.
His Smart Film School certificate courses and textbooks are accredited by more than 100 schools and universities.
CREDENTIALS
• Former editor: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times
• Journalism professor
• Digital Transformation consultant for United Nations, Reuters Foundation, Red Cross, IREX, WAN-IFRA, and HT Media.
• Filmmaker / Winner of Film Festivals in L.A., Berlin and Moscow.
• Chair, Mobile Journalism Awards
• Mobile Creator
TEXTBOOK AUTHOR
Smartphone Video Storytelling (2018 Taylor & Francis, New York & London)
Videos mit dem Smartphone (2019 dPunkt Verlag - German language edition)
Mobile Journalism (2020 Visual Editors, Chicago)