Montgomery Community Media

Field Producers and Field Camera people needed for the classes beginning Sept 12 and 14.  These classes will allow you to start a project and take out equipment  to do shoots. If you are a Studio Producer the Field classes are very helpful to go along with that . Using roll-ins and B-roll in a studio […]

There’s a new type of journalist in town – the video journalist! Last week I was able to participate in one of the most amazing opportunities since I started working at MCM. I got the chance to teach a Video Journalism Camp at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair! For four days, well actually, three days […]

Last night was the big event…. The Summer Backpack Journalism Academy Viewing Party!  We had a full house to showcase the work of our newest Backpack Journalists. I am so unbelievably proud of every one of them. Their stories were set to a high standard and they definitely delivered. Parents, siblings and friends were able […]

Putting the Stories to Bed   Today is a bittersweet day, the final Summer Backpack Journalism Academy project was completed and all three sessions are done. What a whirlwind summer. I can’t believe how fast the past six weeks have passed. It seems like I was just getting the materials together for the first session. […]

We have had another busy day at MCM’s Summer Backpack Journalism Academy. Our reporters took a break from editing to help record a video for an upcoming project with Power2Give. If you haven’t checked out MCM’s first project, “Send a Kid to Camp” yet, you need to. What a great way to give back to […]

The heat did not deter our backpack journalists from getting their stories the past week. They all came in this morning with a ton of footage for their stories.  We started recapping their week and then dove right in to editing with Final Cut Pro 7.  What an experience!  Our journalist learned some new tricks […]

What a fun-filled busy day at the Backpack Journalism Academy! I didn’t think we could fit in so much in one class, but we did! Our morning started off with a recap of yesterday’s class and then MCM’s very own Tamika Smith came in to talk about reporting. She showed us some of her stories […]

  I had the opportunity to attend the Foundation of the Alliance for Community Media’s Youth Summit and all I can say is, “WOW!”  I had such a great experience for such a short time in New York City. Two phrases that I heard throughout the day by various presenters were “let your voice be […]

  Ok, so it seems like we kept you busy from the end of June with Back Pack Journalism to Creating your own music video all the way through the end of July and its time to sit back and relax before school starts and vacations over.   Many of you go to the Montgomery County Agricultural fair which […]

Blogging…. What is it? How do you do it? These questions and more will be answered on Friday, July 19th at 11:30 am during MCM’s first Webinar Creative Connections!  We will give the information that you need to learn about and get started with your own blog. Producers, this would be a great way to […]