Multimedia Journalism Summer Camp

900 San Antonio Road,Palo Alto CA 94303

19 July, 2021

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Midpen Media's In-Person Multimedia Journalism Summer Camp The Midpen Media Center is now offering in-person summer camp experiences! With masks required and social distancing enforced, Midpen Media is preparing to welcome limited numbers of youth creators back into our studio for a summer daycamp media-making experience. “If your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.” -Tom Stoppard, American Playwright In today’s atmosphere of misinformation, “fake news” accusations, and limitless access to worldwide research and communication, investigative and journalistic skills have never been more crucial to the health and wellbeing of our communities. Midpen Media strives to amplify local voices and empower local activists through media-making education and opportunities. This summer we are launching our Youth Journalism Institute – a hands-on summer camp experience where teens will learn to ask questions and tell stories with the power to change the world. Students will be trained in all forms of news media communications, including news writing, journalistic podcasting, photojournalism, and short documentary video production. They’ll come away with a researched, polished, and published story reflecting issues relevant to their communities – and with the tools to continue finding and reporting the stories that need to be told. Session Dates: July 19th - July 23rd Time: 9:30AM - 3:30PM, Mon - Fri About Midpen Media Midpen Media is a local community access television service and center that encourages community engagement, facilitates free speech, inspires creative expression and reflects our local cultural diversity by providing high-quality media resources and training to members of our community. The organization has provided important local free speech access to video production and television programming opportunities for the people in the Silicon Valley communities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Stanford, and other areas of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties since 1990. Midpen Media is a 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation. Learn more at MidpenMedia.org.