The Winter/Spring 2021 8-week session of the
MCM Youth Media Academy ended this past Thursday, April , 2021. Over the course of the program, participants learned on Tuesdays how to edit on their mobile phones, how to develop and produce a web series, how to create audio and video files, and other technical skills as they engaged in field assignments. On Thursdays, they conducted interviews and produced the web series/television show
ArtsEnPowerwhich airs on Mondays at 4:30pm on Montgomery County, Md cable access channel 19.
Participants included youth in grades 8-12 who were both enrolled in Montgomery County Public Schools and homeschooled. All youth earned SSL hours for their time spent producing ArtsEnPower. Three of the six participants from the selective program shared feedback on what they found valuable about the program and working on