Montgomery Community Media

Emma’s story was about the chef at Lavande Patisserie in Rockville, his dreams for the future and the root of what started his baking/cooking. She interviewed him and a customer about the food. She got many shots of the food that they make.

As an artist herself, a huge struggle is deciding what to make. I also completely adore street art and she wanted to see if other people felt the same way. So, basically, Lena’s project is asking members of the community their opinion on the matter.

What strategies athletes have for managing their time in the school year? How hard is it to keep your grades up while still playing sports? How do sports affect athletes’ grades? These are all questions asked to some college athletes.

Cleveland is a city with at 50+ year championship drought in every professional sport. Baseball, basketball, football and hockey have been unable to win a championship. But, a nineteen (19) year old Akron, Ohio native named Lebron James was drafted by Cleveland with hopes of winning a championship. Hope fell short, drafted in 2005 but […]

While many people are enjoying their summer, going the beach, enjoying the sun, it is mosquito season. The West Nile, the Degue and the Chikigonya viruses have already terrorized people and the mosquitoes themselves, but there is a bigger program that is being faced currently, the Zika virus. To lean more information about the virus, […]

Michaela’s story is about racism. She wanted to do racism because it’s different and it involves history which she’s inspired by. History tells and says everything. When she has asked certain people they were pretty shocked of the topic and the questions. And, it is good to hear people’s feedback which is pretty amazing.

Kyle’s story is about house fire preparation and prevention. He interviewed two (2) firemen, both volunteers at the Rockville firehouse.  The final interviews covered equipment and procedures for prevention of a house fire and smoke detector placement and batteries.

Sophia’s story is about tips and preparation for young actors and actresses or any other actor or actress heading to an audition. She interviewed local directors, producers and actors on how they view an audition and what they look for in an “audtionee”. As an actress herself, auditions can be very nerve-wracking and a good […]

In Armando’s project, he tells people about the Pokemon Go app and what it is. He interviewed a few people and asked them about the game. He has a lot of footage of people playing it at the RIO (Washingtonian Center, not Brazil – calm down.)

What a great summer! It has been full of activity and our newest Backpack Journalists are the reason why!  I am excited to be able to share their stories with you.  They all did an amazing job and I am very proud of each one of them. Now it’s your turn, over the next few […]