Archive for Category: "Jesus Hernandez"
Walking Towards A Healthy Community
Long Beach residents explore their neighborhoods during a walking tour. by VoiceWaves Journalist Jesus Hernandez Long Beach residents in the Central Long Beach area were invited to go out and join a community walk on Aug. 18 that would promote not only healthy activity, but a healthy community as well. A collaboration of people and [...]
Tennis Courts Keep Youth Away from Dangers
by Jesus Hernandez, VoiceWaves, attended a recent Media Bootcamp in San Diego. “Let’s hit DeForest today at 7,” reads a text message received by David Rodriguez, 16, Long Beach Jordan High School. Within minutes, he grabs a water bottle and changes into his shorts and heads out of the door. Many youth who live in low-income [...]
Final San Diego Boot Camp Youth Projects
2012 YOUTH MEDIA BOOT CAMP: SAN DIEGO In July 2012 the Media Arts Center San Diego, with funding from The California Endowment, hosted a three-day boot camp to train Southern California youth journalists how to effectively tell individual stories within a community context. The boot camp was based on the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) [...]
The Future of Media Shaped By Youth
July 6-8, a group of young people from around Southern California including Long Beach gathered in San Diego for an intense 3-day Boot Camp in Journalism and Media. With the guidance of adult mentors, the youth produced Blogs, Radio and Video reports on one of three themes: School Discipline, School Meals, and Neighborhood. This is [...]
