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Community Partner: Wide Angle Youth Media
Intern: Jonathan Silveira
Site Supervisor: Moira Fratantuono
What is Wide Angle Youth Media?
Wide Angle Youth Media is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides Baltimore youth
with media education to tell their own stories and become engaged with their communities.
Through quality after-school programming, in-school opportunities, summer workshops,
community events, and an annual Youth Media Festival, Wide Angle supports young people
making a difference through media.
"Working at Wide Angle has proven to be a great experience and a challenge as well.
From the beginning, I knew I wanted to work in an environment where I could teach
and help impact Baltimore Youth, and I got a lot more at my internship. I was fortunate
to spend five weeks with a cohort of thirty high school students in the MediaWorks
program. During that time, I was able to be an assistant inside of the classroom,
working on videos and podcasts with the students. Along with that, I was thrown into
some situations that I was not previously comfortable working with but was able to pick
up, with the help of my instructors. Such as using Adobe Illustrator and Audition.
A lot of my time was also spent outside of the classroom. I was tasked with designing
the MediaWorks badges for the students and staff and helped to craft a system for
signing in that was easier and less stressful.
My favorite part was towards the end of the MediaWorks program, when the students
were able to display a lot of the work they made to the other students and parents and
community members who were present. I was thrilled to see that a lot of the kids I was
working with were able to really become more comfortable with public speaking, as
well as I was blown away by a lot of the work done. But not only that, some of the
parents came up to me after the showcase, already knowing my name, to tell me that
their son or daughter has commented about how they enjoy working with me. That
filled my heart with joy." -Jonathan
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Worked in a class
environment teaching
high school aged
students about
different forms of visual
media.
Assisted in shoots for
Wide Angle Productions
Organized and
structured files and
important equipment in
the office
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