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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Congratulations to MCHS Broadcast Journalism students who were recently recognized by the national honor society for journalism, Quill and Scroll Society, for their news reporting. Honors include best multimedia newscast (Tolou Shams), third place multimedia news story (Matthew Cullen and Walker Watson), and honorable mention for podcast and short documentary…
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Please see Mr. Hernandez’s letter: My name is Michael Hernandez and I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected for the 2021 Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship with Lindblad Expeditions and the National Geographic Society! As one of only
Congratulations to the Mira Costa Media Arts department for a successful year of Cinematic Arts, Broadcast Journalism and Photography! Thank you to Mr. Hernandez for instilling passion and continuing to evolve the program to grow during this time of shelter in place. Check out Cinema 1 students who recently created “A Day…
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