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Ms. Lomberg from Philadelphia, PA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Representative and Empowered Media

My students need resources to be empowered and equipped journalists. With technology that is not available at our school, like voice recorders and a camera, students can become powerful storytellers for their community.

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My Students

The students in the newspaper club are passionate, driven, expressive, and creative. They understand the problems of mainstream media (the misrepresentation of communities of color, the lack of journalists of color, the harmful stereotypes media often perpetuates — the list goes on) and they believe that a student-produced newspaper can be reflective of students' voices. The students involved in this club range from grades 7-12 and show up every Monday afternoon (and to countless more events) to make Mastopics happen!

My Project

Mastopics is the first-ever student-produced newspaper at Mastery Charter School - Lenfest Campus. The students have already published their first issue, which featured stories ranging from student performances to recipes, to on-campus fundraisers. They have started this newspaper and published the first issue with very few resources. We use phones to take photos and scratch paper to take notes during interviews. With the right tools, these student-journalists can get one step further toward their goal of changing the way media so often misrepresents under-resourced communities and young people of color.

Access to new technology will empower my students to become passionate media makers.

The students can use the voice recorders to record interviews and play them back slowly to transcribe. They will use the camera to cover events and feature students in our community who do amazing things. This project not only directly benefits the students involved in the newspaper extracurricular activity, but also the students who are written about, or read the newspaper as well. My students want to change the narrative of mainstream media — and to work toward their goal they need the resources and technology to develop a strong community newspaper.

Ms. Lomberg Mastery Charter School - Lenfest Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Lomberg

Philadelphia, PA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

500 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon - EOS Rebel T6 DSLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens - Black • Best Buy Education $502.69 1 $502.69
Olympus - VN-Series Digital Voice Recorder - Black • Best Buy Education $32.71 5 $163.55
Portage Reporter’s Notebook – #200 Gregg Ruled 4” x 8” Professional Spiral Notebook for Taking Notes in the Field - 140 Pages (12 Pack) • Amazon Business $19.50 2 $39.00
Canon - Camera Bag - Black • Best Buy Education $37.32 1 $37.32

Materials cost

$742.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$783.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.30

Total project goal

$922.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $922.00

10 Donors

-$617.59

Donations toward project cost

-$528.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.89

match offer

-$300.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$255.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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