The nationally award-winning broadcast journalism and cinematic arts classes celebrate their 20th anniversary this year. Founded by adviser Michael Hernandez (Apple Distinguished Educator and 2015 LA County Teacher of the Year), the program boasts 3 MCHS Students of the Year (and one finalist), and alumni that work for NBC, ABC, MTV and Disney. Broadcast Journalism students in these classes produce the Mustang Morning News live newscast, and Cinematic Arts students create short films and host an international student film festival each May. Both classes participate in international documentary trips to countries like Cuba and Cambodia. The first live Mustang Morning News of the year is September 25th at 9:00am.
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This month’s Mustang Morning News news magazine show covers some timely topics, including: what are the limits of free speech and the environmental cost of artificial intelligence. Watch this and past shows at https://www.youtube.com/@MustangMorningNews. Graphic Design students produced social media stories to combat the climate crisis, and Cinematic Arts…
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This month we’re highlighting the Broadcast Journalism class and the Mustang Morning News that they produce! Follow the Mustang Morning News on Instagram @mustangmorningnews for all the latest updates. Fun fact: Broadcast Journalism 3 students earn honors credit for their class and there are leadership positions available which are in…
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Congrats to Cinematic Arts student Maddox Chen, who was selected from thousands of submissions to be published in the NYT contest, “Coming of Age 2020,” released in October as a book. His image represented his experience during remote learning and the pandemic lockdown. See more nationally award-winning student work on…
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Congrats to Broadcast Journalism seniors, Matthew Cullen who will attend USC Annenberg and Walker Watson who will attend UT Austin, both as journalism majors! And congrats to Media Arts Adviser Michael Hernandez, who will be traveling to Antarctica in February with National Geographic as part of his Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic Grosvenor…
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Where can students be heard, become a leader, and create award-winning projects for their college portfolios? Sign up now for Media Arts classes: Cinematic Arts, Photography, and Broadcast Journalism (the class that produces the Mustang Morning News). See our students’ work in this new video produced by Cinematic Arts student,…
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