Robb Montgomery
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| Robb Montgomery | |
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| Born | 1964 Naperville, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, visual designer |
| Known for | Founder of Visual Editors |
Robb Montgomery is a Chicago journalist, former newspaper editor,[1] and founder of a social network for journalists, Visual Editors. [2] He is a newspaper designer who worked on the 2003 redesign of the Chicago Sun-Times[3] and 2005 redesign of The Baltimore Examiner.[4]
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[edit] Early life
Montgomery was born in Naperville, Illinois in 1964 and currently resides there. Montgomery began his career as an editorial artist at the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel in 1990 after graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a degree in journalism. He held a number of editorial positions for newspapers in Florida and Illinois between 1990 and 2005.
[edit] Career
He was a principal editor and designer of Chicago's Red Streak newspaper [5] that was published by the Chicago Sun-Times starting in October, 2002 as a competitor to the Chicago Tribune's RedEye tabloid.
Montgomery redesigned the business section for The San Jose Mercury News in early 2007.[6]
He has worked with the Media Development Project to help newspapers improve their newspaper design and train reporters how to report in multi media. In 2007 he produced video projects, interactive communities, blogging projects, and digital journalism workshops in Egypt, Dubai South Africa, Malaysia, Sweden, Latvia, and Poland.[citation needed]
[edit] Visual Editors
Working as the group's CEO, Montgomery incorporated the Visual Editors social network in 2004 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, positioning the site as an educational exchange for student and professional journalists working in the world's newsrooms. The charity is operated by a volunteer board of directors.[7]
[edit] Journalism educator
Since leaving the Chicago Sun-Times in 2005, Montgomery has worked as a journalism educator for U.S. and foreign media groups including the World Association of Newspapers, Egypt Media Development Group, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, IFRA, INMA, in the U.S., Scandinavia, Asia, the Middle East, Canada and Eastern Europe.[citation needed].
[edit] References
- ^ Newspaper editor at Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times
- ^ OJR article about Visual Editors
- ^ Tabloid design talk at World Editors Forum, Seoul, Korea
- ^ Newsdesigner reports redesign of The Examiner in three cities
- ^ University textbook article about the launch of Red Streak
- ^ business section Photos and article detailing the redesign process
- ^ Visual Editors is an all-volunteer charity
