Backpack Journalism News Stories

Media Influence on Youth explores the impact media has regarding stereotypes. Adults were interviewed to determine their opinion.

Calories, Menus and Opinions explores the two pros and cons of including calorie counts on menus. Random citizens were interviewed for this video report.

Vegetarianism informs and encourages others to become vegetarian. This video interviews a vegetarian about the benefits of his choice.

Minecraft asks whether Minecraft is like real life and do you learn skills from mastering the game?

Boy Led Scouting explores whether boy led scouting and opinions of Senior Patrol Leaders (SPL) and Scoutmaster.

Violent Video Games explores the controversy on banning these games. The reporter interviews people about their opinion on this issue.

This video report explores the differences between eTextbooks and traditional textbooks. Students are interviewed to determine their preference.

Phones are a huge part of peoples’ lives today. Evolution of Phones explores how pones have changed over the years, starting with the first rotary telephone, the first cell phones, then flip phones and finally today’s smartphones like the iPhones and Glaxys.

The Supreme Court struck down Defense of Marriage Act and California Proposition 8 in June, deeming these as unconstitutional. Recently Wales and England passed a same sex marriage law. This video report asks people their opinions about the changes in the marriage laws.

This video reports explores the summer reading requirement for Montgomery County Public School students.