backpack journalism

July 9, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Learning to edit with Final Cut Pro

Editing and Session One Revisited (Video)

It was a rainy start to the day, but that didn’t stop our reporters from coming to class with their footage today! I was very pleased at the amount of work they accomplished. Today’s class focused on learning Final Cut Pro, so our reporters can edit their stories. They caught on very quickly and started […]

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July 5, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Interns & Edit Booth

Our Interns Hard At Work

Our reporters are hitting the streets today working on their stories, but that doesn’t mean that Backpack Journalism is taking a break today. In fact, our interns (Lindsay, David and Grant) are working hard on a piece that reviews our first Backpack Journalism session. It will get posted as soon as they get it done. […]

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July 3, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Reporters Hard at Work

Interviews, Bloggies & Scavenger Hunt

We have some great stories coming from this class! Today we practiced interviewing each other and the types of questions to ask for our stories. Role playing celebrities and historical figures always makes for a fun time. Once our reporters had their questions and ideas down, we moved on to camera composition and learned how […]

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July 2, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Session 2 - Day 1

New Session,Camp Gan Izzy & The Gnome

I am happy to report that we had two of our reporters braved the aftermath of the storm for today’s Backpack Journalism Academy! What a crazy weekend, no power, horrible cell phone reception and I think MCM’s Gnome is a back. (More on that later) We had a great class today. Our new reporters seem […]

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June 28, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Picture Time!

Great First Session

BREAKING NEWS: No “missing muffins” or gnome sightings today In other news, all of our Backpack Journalists finished their stories!!!!!  What an accomplishment!  They are really well done and I think you will definitely enjoy watching them. Our reporters spent a lot of time working on them and it definitely paid off!  If this first […]

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June 28, 2012 | Lindsay Cayne

Lindsay Cayne

Editing, Twins, and More!

     Interning at MCM is a one-of-a-kind experience. Not many others get the chance to work with adults in a professional environment at such a young age. I am so lucky to have found this internship where I get to work with such great people who truly care about their community.  Whether I am discussing […]

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June 27, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Getting The Story Done!

Stories, Birthdays, Muffins and More!

And we have some completed news stories!  What an exciting day! Accomplishment was the feeling throughout the edit suites today as our reporters finished up their projects. Some were fully completed and the others have just a few minor touches to do. Spirits were at an all time high today. Not only were stories getting […]

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June 26, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Editing_3

Lesson Learned – SAVE OFTEN

The lesson learned today, was ALWAYS SAVE your work and SAVE OFTEN!  Unfortunately it was a lesson learned the hard way. I guess you can say it was an eventful day! We had MCM’s edit suites full with bright-eyed reporters ready to put their stories together.  The timelines on Final Cut Pro were filling up […]

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June 25, 2012 | Mandi Wyndham

Editing - Day !

Let’s Edit!

First day of the second week and what a day it was! We began our editing adventure today by converting the files from the Bloggies to be compatible with Final Cut Pro. Once that was started, we jumped, head first into the world of Final Cut Pro. Editing is always fun, but frustrating at the […]

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June 20, 2012 | Lindsay Cayne

Lindsay Cayne

Interviewing, Shooting, Editing with Lindsay Cayne

My name is Lindsay Cayne, and I’m an intern here at Montgomery Community Media! My first day was on June 11, and I will be working here, for six weeks, until the beginning of August. I intern under Mandi Wyndham, the Training and Volunteer Services Coordinator. It has only been a little over a week, yet Mandi has […]

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