Stories matching tag 'Urban Media Foundation'

South LA students learn radio reporting skills

Aspiring journalists from several South LA middle schools and high schools gathered for a radio workshop at the Urban Media Foundation. They got to try their hand at some radio-style interviews--both asking the questions and being the one in the hot seat. [...]

Urban Media Foundation students anchor news stories

Practice makes perfect. Using a teleprompter simulator, students at the Urban Media Foundation practiced their anchoring skills. These future journalists wrote their own copy and filled the mock news cast with a variety of stories. [...]

Summer workshop offers students a chance to become writers and bloggers

Free writing and blogging summer workshop, aiming to improve student writing, reading comprehension and speaking skills, begins at the Urban Media Foundation's Digital Newsroom & Media Technology Center. [...]

South Los Angeles high school students produce Office Max commercial

The Urban Media Foundation's student news team produced the commercial to address the lack of school supplies and investment in America's schools. [...]

Just dance: Cali jerk

QueJonne Smith from Frederick Douglass Academy High School breaks down the steps to some of the newest dance moves. [...]

Cheerleading: a real sport

Cheerleaders train, practice and perform. Hamilton High School senior Erdavria Simpson questions why cheerleaders don't get the same recognition as other athletes. [...]

Urban Media Foundation dedicates new media center

The Urban Media Foundation on Western Avenue has a brand new media center, courtesy of the Good News Foundation. [...]

Inner-city students discuss cultural influences at workshop

The Urban Media Foundation gives students a comprehensive look at journalism. At a recent workshop, students asked one another about cultural influences. [...]

Training the next generation of minority media professionals

The Urban Media Foundation instructs inner-city youth in multimedia communications, financial literacy and entrepreneurship. [...]