Montgomery Community Media

As we prepare to welcome the New Year, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the memorable MyMCMedia stories that we covered this past year in Montgomery County. One of the biggest stories of the year in Maryland was the legalization of same sex marriage, and we were at the courthouse in […]

Veteran broadcast journalist Andrea McCarren led her fourth media training class at Montgomery Community Media on Dec. 7. The students taking her class included a lawyer, a clinical psychologist, an aspiring sports reporter, a few CEOs and small business owners/entrepreneurs, the head of the world languages department at a Montgomery County high school and award-winning […]

There are literally hundreds of volunteers at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) and on Nov. 17, we are celebrating their accomplishments at an awards ceremony known as the Monty awards. What do these dedicated volunteers do at MCM? Well, they work as volunteer editors, producers and technicians on the many local television shows produced at our […]

Mandi Wyndham is the training and volunteer services coordinator at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) and she is the lead instructor of the Backpack Journalism program. She also coordinates the annual Monty awards ceremony, which is scheduled for Nov. 17 at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. I recently asked Mandi a few questions […]

The award-winning Burgundy & Gold Magazine is back for the 2013 Washington Redskins season. The show hosted by Mike Richman, premiered its season’s preview on Aug. 29 on Montgomery Channel 21. If you missed the show on TV, you can watch it here: We also have posted some extras from the show’s taping at Branded […]

Mark your calendars: The “5th Annual Silver Spring Blues Festival” premieres on Saturday, July 6 at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. on Montgomery Channel 21. You can also watch the show at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 7 and on Tuesday, July 9 at 9 p.m. on Montgomery Channel 21. Don’t miss these […]

It was broadcast journalist Andrea McCarren’s night at the Capital Emmy celebration in Baltimore on June 15. McCarren, who received five Emmy nominations for her work on WUSA-TV, won every category. Translation? She brought home a whopping five Emmy awards. Her station, WUSA-TV, received received a total of eleven awards at the Emmy awards ceremony […]

It’s been a busy week for the MyMCMedia web team. Let’s review: a tornado, a major development in the race for county executive, and the “power2give” launch, etc. These are just a few examples of the many headlines posted on the MyMCMedia.org website and on our social media sites (Facebook and Twitter) over the last […]

Here’s a look back at the blog posts and videos making headlines on the MyMCMedia.org website this week (May 29-June 6): Hometown Media Awards Potomac Pedestrian Fatality Diane Hamilton Retires “Save Ten Mile Creek” Coalition Forms Summer Storm Tips The Power of the Water Montgomery College Graduation Stories Inspire Rockville Relays Help Cope with Loss […]

Montgomery Community Media’s (MCM) Executive Director Merlyn Reineke picked up two awards at the Alliance for Community Media’s (ACM) Hometown Media Awards ceremony on May 30 in San Francisco, California. MCM was honored for overall excellence in public, educational and governmental (PEG) access. MCM was also recognized for its independent sports magazine show, “Burgundy & […]