Montgomery Community Media

Hi, my name is Colette Youstra reporting about American immigrant and entrepreneur, Betty Hekimian. Her father lost his job when the war was about to start, so he moved to America. Betty, her mom and her brother moved to their grandmother’s house in Liverpool, England. Once their father had enough money to bring them to […]

My name is Sophia and I interviewed Harold Berger at Ingleside at King Farm. Harold Berger is an author and physicist. He wrote 2 books. I learned that he worked with the man who discovered x-rays. The man who discovered x-rays was what his first book was about. Harold’s second book was a mystery about […]

Hi, my name is Chris Yancey. I am an 8th grader at Sligo Middle School. I interviewed Jim Reichley at Ingleside at King Farm. Jim Reichley served in the Army for 2 years and was an advisor of President Gerald Ford. He also wrote 3 political science books and was the editor of Fortune Magazine.

What an AMAZING week! I had the honor of working with some very talented teenagers during MCM’s Spring Break Backpack Journalism program. All I can really say is “Wow!”We had such a great time. This time around we spent the day at the beautiful Ingleside at King Farm to interview and tell the stories of […]

Montgomery Community Media’s video journalism camp at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair provided local youth with a reporting assignment to cover the fair. Their final project included a look at the animals, exhibits, food, rides and more on location at the county fair. Take a look:

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]