What started as a two-page newsletter in 2004 has blossomed into so much more. True Star Media just celebrated two decades of training the next generation of journalists and content creators.
The original goal of the youth-focused nonprofit was to help young people with their writing skills."When we first started it was journalism," said Na’Tae Thompson, CFO of True Star Media. "Then the young people said we want to learn photography. We want to learn how to lay out the newsletter. So we said let’s create a program where we find an industry professional to come in and work with them.
They’re exposed to all forms of media including journalism, photography, editing, podcasting, graphic design, and they even have a digital magazine. Everything is fully run by students and they’re getting hand-on experience with industry standard equipment and software."The exposure to this equipment and knowing that we have it at our fingertips and knowing what we can do with it and recognizing our potential," said student Marquis Sewell.
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