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July 25, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Field Technicians Needed – Saturday, August 30th

Tsega To Ethiopia Saturday, August 30th – Field Technician Needed This project focuses on the Damascus United Methodist Church activities that help Ethiopians 2 Technicians are needed for this project Pick up Equipment at 10:30 am Lunch will be provided Contact Kolash Belete at eaddis7@yahoo.com  

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July 25, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Studio Technicians Needed – Wednesday, September 3rd

  J.S. Reali$tate Show – Studio B Bring a positive side of R&B and hip by interview artists in the DMV area. Wednesday, September 3rd – 1st SHOW (Crew Call 6pm) • Audio • Assistant Director • 3 – Camera Operators • Floor Director • DTR Dinner will be provided Contact James Shuler at JSRealistate@outlook.com […]

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July 18, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Full of Energy and Telling Stories (Photos)

What a week! So much energy in one place can be overwhelming, right? WRONG!  It’s actually contagious!  This group of budding journalists is very lively.  They have so many great ideas for telling their stories that this is going to be an eclectic group. We have had a lot of fun this week learning about […]

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July 11, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Sports Backpack Journalists Hit Home Run (Photos)

What a way to end the first ever Summer Backpack Journalism Academy: Sports Edition! Our journalists really knocked their stories out of the park! (Sorry, for the corny baseball reference, but it works!) I am so impressed with what these journalists accomplished this week. Monday started with a lesson in Final Cut Pro X to […]

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July 8, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Saturday, July 26 – Studio Crew Needed

Requesting all MCM volunteers interested in working on a new television production. Jazz Encounters: Jazz Live Studio Sessions is a jazz music and performance magazine lifestyle program. The show features: in studio performances of jazz musicians and vocalists, interviews and field packages. Michael Bailey is the executive producer and the first program will be shot […]

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July 2, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Backpack Journalists Beat the Heat! (Photos)

Our journalists have now hit the streets to get their sports stories. They have done an amazing job preparing for their interviews and I think they are going to have some very good stories. Yesterday was one hot day and our journalists were troopers! We started off with interviewing techniques and recapping what have learned […]

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July 1, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Monty Award Submission

Submit your programs for the 30th Annual Monty Awards.

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June 30, 2014 | Mandi Wyndham

Day One of Sports Backpack Journalism

Summer is here and that means it’s time for MCM’s Summer Backpack Journalism Academy! The first session began today and we have a great class of budding sports journalists.  This is the first time we are devoting a full session to sports and it is thrilling! I am so excited to see how their sports […]

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March 6, 2014 | Larry Merewitz

Hometown Video Awards 2014 (Updated)

Alliance for Community Media’s 2014 Hometown Video Awards are swiftly approaching! This exciting event comes once a year and you don’t want to miss your opportunity to participate. The Hometown Video Awards honors and promotes community media and local cable programs that are first distributed on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. […]

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February 11, 2014 | Larry Merewitz

Backpack Journalism Editing

Learn to Edit…. Be a Back Pack Journalist

Another year has gone and a new year has begun. The January training classes beginning with Intro to Video Basics have filled just about to capacity not that we couldn’t add more classes but the ones we have are doing well. Intro was January 6 and enrollment was off to a very slow start but […]

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