Course Overview
Presents the first opportunity for students to work in a newsroom environment, on- or off-campus. The class is divided into small groups for personal instruction on operating newsroom equipment. This is followed by several weeks of practice where students gather, write, compile and read newscasts as well as hone their ability to use newsroom equipment.
Prerequisite(s)
- Successful completion of all term 1 courses.
Credits
6.0
- Not offered this term
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use industry writing standards for news and sports
- Write clearly and concisely
- Evaluate content of news and sports stories for local, national and international coverage
- Assess the lineup and production value of newscasts and sportscasts
- Write to deadline
- Work as an effective team member in a newsroom
- File stories from news events in the field
- Do live hits from the newsroom and from the field
- Generate original news stories
- File stories with audio, photos and/or video, appropriate for use on multiple platforms
- File stories using social media
- Use interview skills to conduct live current affairs interviews
- Demonstrate effective performance skills for news, sports and current affairs
- Interpret news events for coverage
Effective as of Winter 2016
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