Instructor-led, Certificate Training in Mobile Journalism & Digital Storytelling
Elevate your storytelling skills with the Smart Film School, the world’s leading online platform for mobile journalism and digital storytelling training.
Designed for storytellers
You can choose to self-study, join a scheduled class or request private coaching.
Active learning that delivers results
Our course materials are continuously refreshed to keep pace with the latest technologies and field-proven reporting techniques.
Custom training for teams
The Smart Film School trains teams of reporters using a hybrid learning model. We leverage proven step-by-step tutorials with live classes, real-world story exercises, and personalized instruction.
We work with top media organizations to deliver custom training for truly professional development
We deliver transformation for individuals, schools and media organizations
The United Nations trained over 450 public information officers across 26 countries using our courses, dramatically boosting their mobile storytelling skills.
Major media outlets like Hindustan Times and BILD have incorporated our certified mobile journalism training to accelerate newsroom digital transformation.
Universities such as Singapore University and Bedfordshire University adopt our courses for modern journalistic education.
Global organizations like Thomson Reuters partner with Smart Film School to deliver professional development and innovation in digital storytelling.
Why Choose us?
We help journalists master video storytelling with training programs that build a portfolio of mobile reporting skills.
Founded and led by award-winning documentary filmmaker Robb Montgomery, our certificate courses empower journalists, communications teams, educators, and content creators worldwide to produce compelling, broadcast-quality video stories using just a smartphone.
Expert-Led, Proven Training
Learn from Robb Montgomery, a globally recognized mobile journalism expert and former Chicago Tribune editor, with decades of experience training journalists and media teams in over 40 countries.
Hands-On, Practical Learning
Our courses blend on-demand tutorials, live instruction, real-world assignments, and personalized feedback to ensure you gain measurable skills.
Up-to-Date Curriculum
Stay current with the latest mobile video apps, storytelling techniques, and digital storytelling tools.
Tailored for Professionals and Educators
Whether you manage a communications team or teach media classes, our training programs are customizable to fit your goals and skill levels.
Flexible Learning Options
Choose self-paced e-learning, live online classes, or in-person workshops—wherever you are in the world.
Certificate of Completion
Earn professional development certification recognized globally by media organizations and academic institutions.
Built by a journalism professor
Smart Film School is an online learning platform specializing in mobile journalism and digital storytelling training, founded in 2013 by Robb Montgomery.
Robb Montgomery is an American journalism educator based in Berlin, Germany.
He is a multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker and former Chicago Tribune editor.
Robb has taught journalism workshops in over 40 countries and is recognized as a world expert on mobile journalism. He is an associate professor at Singapore University where he teaches courses in mobile video storytelling and is in the Master's program at Media University studying visual media anthropology.
Smart Film School offers certificate courses in mobile video production, digital storytelling, and journalism techniques for professionals and students worldwide.
Training Offerings
• Certificate courses in mobile journalism and digital storytelling
• On-demand, live, and in-person training options
• Customizable training for individuals, teams, and organizations
Target Audiences
• Journalists
• Media organizations
• Communications professionals
• News reporters
• Media students
• NGO communication teams
Course Highlights
• Broadcast-quality video tutorials
• Project-oriented learning
• Progress tracking and assessments
• Bite-sized lesson modules
• Certificates upon course completion
The Smart Film School has earned recognition for its high-quality, practical training in digital storytelling and mobile journalism techniques.
We build and host custom training programs for . . .
BILD - germany
We designed a custom mobile journalism training course for BILD reporters to master the essential skills for developing and launching a new Live TV news channel in Germany.
HT Media group - India
We developed the complete mobile journalism and digital transformation training program for 600 journalists of the Hindustan Times, MINT and related verticals at this large media organization. An intense 12-week training program kicked off the year-long training effort to drive digital transformation across their newsrooms.
Middle East Broadcasting
We are training the 125 broadcast TV journalists across 12 countries with a customized mobile journalism certificate training program.
The instructor-led workshops combine on-demand tutorials, several story projects and live video interactions with each class group.
Reporter Fabrik - germany
Correctiv in Germany has licensed our Mobile Journalism Masterclass certificate course and translated the video tutorials into German. They have the exclusive right to offer it to German-speaking journalists on their Web academy
UNited Nations
Instructor-led, certificate training in "Digital Storytelling for the Mobile Generation" for communications officers. Custom course design used to train UN communications officers in 26 duty stations worldwide.
Case study.
Journalism UK
We produce the Certificate course for Mobile Journalism. This 6-week instructor-led course is offered three times per year with our UK partner, Journalism Co UK.
University courses
Professors at Singapore University and the University of Bedfordrshire use our Mobile Journalism & Design Thinking courses to 'Flip the classroom' with their students.
WAN-IFRA
For WAN-IFRA members we deliver instructor-led custom training programs around the world. We lead classes for reporters, correspondents and their editors in the latest mobile journalism techniques with a custom masterclass and 1-1 coaching sessions.
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