The Rocky Road to Graduation, pt. 2

Anacostia High School, Danielle Scruggs, Fellows, Ward 7

The Rocky Road to Graduation, pt. 2

No Comments 28 November 2010

On dropping out. from Danielle Scruggs on Vimeo. As I promised before, here is video of Mardez Davis, a senior at the Academies at Anacostia, recounting his experiences with dropping out and returning to high school. And thanks to Brittany, I found out Mardez was featured on the amazing website People’s District, a labor of [...]

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Behind the scenes at <i>¿What’s Good DC?</i>

Danielle Scruggs, Fellows, Gallery, PMC, Photos, WHUT, Ward 1

Behind the scenes at ¿What’s Good DC?

No Comments 17 November 2010

I took photos on the set of WHUT studios when we taped our first two episodes of ¿What’s Good DC? on Tuesday, Nov. 9th. The topics were School Reform (produced by fellow Mike Janssen) and Dropping Out (produced by fellow Ariel Valdez). It was a pretty hectic (understatement of the century) but exciting day.

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The Rocky Road to Graduation, pt. 1

Anacostia High School, Danielle Scruggs, Fellows, Gallery, Photos, Ward 7

The Rocky Road to Graduation, pt. 1

No Comments 04 November 2010

Anacostia Seniors Tony (left) and Mardez. I’m always in a better mood when I work with the students at Anacostia. As the students filed in, Brittany and I played the podcast they recorded last week and pointed out how they can improve on their next recording. Then Mardez, one of our more diligent students, began [...]

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On confronting violence.

Anacostia High School, Danielle Scruggs, Fellows, Ward 7

On confronting violence.

1 Comment 25 October 2010

Last Tuesday, there was a fight and reports of gunshots in the cafeteria at my partner site, the Academies at Anacostia (also known as Anacostia Senior High). When I was en route to the site, I was definitely worried about the students in the Digital Media Arts Club Brittany and I have been trying to [...]

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Video still from PMC fellow Danielle Scruggs’ 3rd video blog

Danielle Scruggs, Fellows, Video

The Return of the Official PMC Vlog!

No Comments 19 October 2010

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eyeball pbs logo

Danielle Scruggs, Fellows, Khalil Gill

PMC fellows brand PBS.ORG

1 Comment 18 October 2010

The hard work was over. The ten-hour session was now behind us. The commercial for PBS.org was complete. We had survived the Kay Shaw critique and created a great video because of it. Danielle and I left the PMC office tired but full of energy, for we had finished the project. All that was left [...]

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