This study started off with the debates on educational practices being undertaken in the field of education- media, a field still in its early stages of development. The experiences realized by non-governmental organizations in the scope of informal education, involving young residents of low income communities in the making of community videos, was the main focus of this project. Taking into consideration the analysis of observations, interviews and videos produced during field work, the education media practices developed by the non- governmental organization Bem TV and carried out by the youths of the Nós na Fita group were analyzed and described in detail. The study focused primarily on the Oficina de TV e video 2004 that took place at the Morro do Preventório, located in the city of Niterói, state of Rio de Janeiro. The study was based on the thoughts and reflections of Matín-Barbero regarding alternative, engaging and popular communication, the social use of the mass and processes of mediation that articulate communication, culture and politics in Latin America.