A young high school student raps his way to college after participating in the Public Media Corps’ Digital Media Arts Club (dMAC) program. He has produced an official entry into a college scholarship competition.
Continue ReadingA young high school student raps his way to college after participating in the Public Media Corps’ Digital Media Arts Club (dMAC) program. He has produced an official entry into a college scholarship competition.
Continue ReadingOn March 29th, the Public Media Corps held a Town Hall at Bell Multicultural High School on the topic of school reform. Many attended the Town Hall with panelists Kaya Henderson (Chancellor of DC Public Schools), Kavitha Cardoza (Senior Reporter at WAMU-FM), Leticia Long (President of the Wilson High School PTA), Kristin Ehrgood (Flamboyan Foundation), [...]
Continue ReadingBrittany Clemons, Fellows, Gallery, PMC, Video
AHSBehindWGDCFor the third and forth taping of WGDC, some students from the Academies at Anacostia were in the audience. The students enjoyed seeing what it takes to produce a TV show and meeting the PMC and WGDC crew. They had plenty of questions for the hosts and guests and loved being on camera. Although it [...]
Continue ReadingDanielle Scruggs, Fellows, Gallery, PMC, Photos, WHUT, Ward 1
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.
Continue ReadingIvana Jackson, Video, WGDC Hot Topic
Students at Academies of Anacostia discuss the issue of dropping out of school. Senior Mardez Davis shares his struggles in school and why he contemplated quitting.
Continue ReadingAriel Valdez, CentroNia, Video, Ward 1
Back to the Ward 1 town hall, just before D.C.’s incoming mayor was elected. In this clip, a young person got up and asked about violence in communities and schools, and the mayor’s plan to curb it. Click the link below to watch. GrayOnCommunityViolence
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