Montgomery Community Media

I spent a good portion of this week at the Alliance for Community Media annual conference in Chicago where I was one of three featured presenters at a workshop entitled, “Extending the Access Mission.” Also on the panel with me: Ron Cooper, Access Sacramento executive director; and Mauro DiPasquale, WCCA executive director. As a panel […]

The Olympics begin tonight with the opening ceremonies in London. I don’t know about you but I am excited.  Several athletes are from Montgomery County, which makes the international competition even more interesting to watch locally. I am especially excited to watch swimmer Katie Ledecky, who is the youngest athlete on Team USA and who […]

Talk about a fun assignment. The Washington Redskins visited the Midcounty Recreation Center in Silver Spring as part of the team’s 80th anniversary thank you tour on July 24. I love football and I grew up cheering for the Washington Redskins (and the Miami Dolphins) so this was an assignment I will remember even if […]

In Montgomery County, Pepco continues to dominate the headlines. At a groundbreaking for a new Montgomery County development last week, Governor Martin O’Malley and Council President Roger Berliner fielded more questions about Pepco and the power outages that followed the June 29 storm. Pepco has to “do more,” the governor said. Residents are also still […]

At 10:30 p.m. on June 29, the lights went out at my Gaithersburg home. I was not alone. Thousands of Montgomery County residents found themselves in the dark as a severe thunderstorm, a weather event that meteorologists dubbed a “derecho” because of its straight-line winds, pummeled the area with high winds and lightning. As I […]

Big news at Montgomery Community Media this week: the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) has named MCM the number one station in the country in the Public, Education and Government (PEG) arena. The prestigious award for overall excellence will be formally handed out in Chicago at the national conference on August 1. Staffers believe this […]

I’ve been out and about the last week covering some “entertainment tonight” type stories for Channel 21 and the MyMCMedia website. On Saturday, June 16, I was in downtown Silver Spring with nearly 20 other MCM staffers covering the Blues Festival. It was a picture perfect day for a summer concert. I enjoyed the sounds […]

We want MyMCMedia.org to be the place you turn to find and make media in Montgomery County. Everyday you will find a rundown of the day’s activities and events on our website’s calendar (located along the right side of the home page). We often link posts from the website to our Facebook and Twitter pages […]

I’ve got “oh ho ho it’s magic” playing over and over again in my head after a visit to Barry’s Magic Shop in Rockville for our latest MyMCMEDIA.org on Location story. This was my first visit to the magical place. After 38 years in the business, Magician Barry Taylor and his wife Susie have decided […]

Welcome to MCM’s new blog: a place we hope you will visit often for updates on the latest news and events at Montgomery Community Media. There is still time to sign up for our Backpack Journalism classes and Advanced Final Cut Pro classes. For more information, visit the training classes queue on our website. On […]