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CRLS sophomore Steven Duart, 16, handles some of the studio equipment donated by MIT during an interview show on the school's Channel 98 featuring (background, left to right) City Council member Kenneth Reeves, CRLS teacher Kris Kay and Mayor Anthony Galluccio. In the foreground looking up at the monitor is Thomas P. White, videographer and producer with MIT's Center for Advanced Educational Servi...
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Caption: CRLS sophomore Steven Duart, 16, handles some of the studio equipment donated by MIT during an interview show on the school's Channel 98 featuring (background, left to right) City Council member Kenneth Reeves, CRLS teacher Kris Kay and Mayor Anthony Galluccio. In the foreground looking up at the monitor is Thomas P. White, videographer and producer with MIT's Center for Advanced Educational Services, who was key in pulling together equipment and helping train the students.
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CRLS sophomore Steven Duart, 16, handles some of the studio equipment donated by MIT during an interview show on the school's Channel 98 featuring (background, left to right) City Council member Kenneth Reeves, CRLS teacher Kris Kay and Mayor Anthony Galluccio. In the foreground looking up at the monitor is Thomas P. White, videographer and producer with MIT's Center for Advanced Educational Servi...
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CRLS sophomore Steven Duart, 16, handles some of the studio equipment donated by MIT during an interview show on the school's Channel 98 featuring (background, left to right) City Council member Kenneth Reeves, CRLS teacher Kris Kay and Mayor Anthony Galluccio. In the foreground looking up at the monitor is Thomas P. White, videographer and producer with MIT's Center for Advanced Educational Services, who was key in pulling together equipment and helping train the students.
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Photo / Donna Coveney

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT today announced a donation of video equipment to the Cambridge Public Schools. The donation -- seven cameras and 30 other pieces of studio equipment in all -- will provide Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) with a multicamera studio and offer students valuable hands-on experience in the field of media production.

The video equipment will let students get practical experience in what it takes to create TV programs. They can fill roles on both sides of the lens, from TV news anchor to floor director to camera operator.

In addition, the video equipment will enable CRLS to televise live, for the first time, its state champion Falcons basketball team. Games will be broadcast on the school's own Channel 98, with students doing the production work.

"MIT has always been very supportive of the Cambridge public schools," said Cambridge School Superintendent Bobbie D'Alessandro. "This is another example of strong university backing for a very important project in our schools."

The announcement of the donation was made at a ceremony attended by D'Alessandro, Cambridge Mayor Anthony Galluccio, members of the Cambridge School Committee and representatives from MIT, among others. It followed a training session for the students by MIT Video Productions staff.

The studio system, previously used to record and broadcast educational programs from MIT's television studio, consists of four Sony cameras and a Sony video switcher/special-effects generator, along with tripods, an intercom system and two 25-inch color monitors.

In addition, MIT is also donating three Ikegami ENG/EFP (Electronic News Gathering/Electronic Field Production) portable cameras. Stand-alone in format, they will allow students to record interviews and events while out in the field. Also included in the package are two videocassette recorders, an editing record deck, camera batteries and chargers, and various other items needed in a studio setup.

Larry Gallagher, director of MIT Video Productions and Academic Media Production Services, commented, "MIT is very happy to be able to make this donation to the Cambridge School District. We are hopeful that it will serve as a great training tool and that it will be put to many creative uses."

Kris Kay, who teaches video production to more than 60 students at CRLS, expressed delight with the gift: "MIT's donation will provide our students with the opportunity to train on professional equipment. And as an extra bonus, it will allow the community to view the Falcons games in real time -- something that's never been possible before."

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