CARMEL- Carmel High School students can get campus news without looking far.
Each week, a five-minute student-produced news program shares school updates, sports, birthdays, and upcoming events. Unlike a traditional broadcast, the show delivers the news with humor and personality.
Produced by a Video 3 class, the program comes together through a week of scriptwriting, filming, graphic editing, and production before it airs on the Carmel High Five YouTube channel.
The producer meets with the crew Thursdays to brainstorm stories and plan the episode. Students then take on a range of roles both on camera and behind the scenes.
The show’s director, a junior co-ed, Gabby, says the studio has become her second home. “I come into the studio all of my free time,” she said.
Another 11th grader, Killian who serves as executive producer, oversees scripts and graphics and coordinates the students who appear on screen.
When regular anchors are unavailable, the crew heads to the cafeteria to find volunteers to fill in as temporary news anchors.
The class welcomes students with many kinds of talents, not just video experience. This semester, student teacher Cole Patterson of Manhattanville University helped teacher Tim Raney lead the class.
Raney noted: “We naturally get students with video skills, but we also need students with other backgrounds. We want students from all departments to join us. We want English and creative writing students to help with scripts and art students to help with design.”
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