Wordstock focusing on journalism tools this year

New media expert Robb Montgomery, CEO of Chicago-based Visual Editors Inc., is set to be the main speaker at this year’s Wordstock, an annual professional development day for journalists held in Toronto.

Montgomery will be the morning speaker at the day-long event held at Ryerson University in Toronto. His two-hour seminar will focus on multimedia and social media reporting and Twitter for journalists.

The afternoon consists of two streams of five seminars each on various topics.

The cost for the full day is $75 and $50 for accredited journalism students.

Register at the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association website.

For further details check out the full schedule.