Summer Media Camp

Incoming 4th-8th graders

July 7-9, 2025. The camp will run Monday-Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon. (Register here)

Campers going into 4th-8th grade will get to experience the life of multimedia journalists for three days. The camp will run from 9 a.m. until noon on July 7-9. From Monday until Wednesday, campers will create projects that include writing, photography, video, podcasting, design and more. Students will be grouped according to age to create work they are proud to showcase on the final day. Team competitions will be scattered throughout the week as the award-winning high school journalism students from Kingwood Park create an environment packed with fun and learning.

Professional journalists will visit with the campers, talk about their careers and give them tips and tricks to capturing great photos and award-winning stories.

The third annual Summer Media camp will be under the direction of Megan Ortiz, Kingwood Park journalism adviser. Ortiz is in her 16th year of teaching. She is a former professional journalist who covered the NBA, NFL and college football before beginning to teach. She has worked for the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, San Antonio Express-News, The Des Moines Register and Newsday.

Each camper will go home with a camp tshirt, a press credential, a journalism notebook, a pen and more. Awards will be presented on the final day. Registration is $100 per camper.

For anyone who has questions, please reach out to Ortiz at [email protected]. This camp is a fundraiser for students in the journalism program to help defray the costs of attending the state journalism conference in San Antonio and the national journalism convention in Nashville next fall.