Broadcasting Camp for Kids

• Gather information and organize content.
• Learn how to creatively tell a story on camera.
• Write compelling stories for on-air.
• Shoot and edit news stories and commercials using single-camera and software.   

Project Highlights:

• Homecoming Art Show
• Mott Branch Library is aMAYSing newscast
• Step Team documentary 
• Vlog and YouTube
• City of Toledo Summer Youth Programs feature
• Drumline feature

Becoming an effective communicator allows one to express creatively, spoken and written. A fluent vocabulary and willingness to listen expands the creative process. We need this in broadcasting to write commercials and news stories; then, tell the story.

• Learn how to effectively engage in exciting conversation.
• Create creative content and show ideas.

Project Highlights:

• Children's audiobook
• Sports Broadcast
• Buffalo Soldiers PSA
• City of Toledo Summer Youth Programs feature
• Local commercials

Communication is a both a verbal and non-verbal tool we use daily. There are many ways to communicate and our style depends on the setting. It is important for youth to learn communication techniques that provoke a respectful vocabulary and soft skills leading to personal and professional growth. Media literacy is defined as the ability to access. Words, tone, listening, facial expressions and body language are all considered when interacting with one another. 

• Commentate sporting events as they happen.
• Learn how radio connects with sports.

Project Highlights:

• Athlete interviews and shooting 
• Work with sports commentators 

We use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, decision making, conclusions, and approaches to problems. Encourage our youth to explore and research topics, then formulate a story without bias. 

• Learn how to record, mix, and master music.  
• Learn voice-over techniques.

Media literacy is the ability to access, evaluate, manipulate, and create media and is a critical step in the creative writing and communication development process.