Yongin City: "Experience Being a Reporter and News Anchor on the 'Media Sharing Bus'~"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Yongin City held a Media Sharing Bus experience event on the 26th at Yongin Mirs Stadium in Samga-dong, Cheoin-gu, to provide disadvantaged children with career exploration opportunities in broadcasting.

This bus, operated by the Broadcast and Communications Committee's Viewers Media Foundation, is a mobile experiential studio vehicle equipped with media production facilities and equipment.

To eliminate gaps in media education, the foundation conducts experiential education by traveling to various locations across the country. Yongin City was selected in the foundation's Media Sharing Bus project recruitment in March, leading to the bus's visit to Yongin.

The 30 Dream Start children who participated in the event heard explanations about various broadcasting-related positions such as reporters, news anchors, weather casters, engineers, and producers, and divided into groups to create news videos firsthand.

They also learned effective production techniques such as how to gaze at the camera and proper hand gestures.

A city official stated, "We hope this experience will help young people, who have easily accessed media through mass media or the internet, grow their dreams related to these professions and develop a sense of proper media ethics."

Meanwhile, the Dream Start project is a program that supports customized services to encourage dreams of disadvantaged children aged 12 and under.

The city has supported approximately 4,500 children since 2011 and is focusing on career exploration programs this year.