VIDEO NEWS: WRITING, REPORTING & PRODUCING FOR BROADCAST/WEB (CM5064)

This course introduces students to audio and video storytelling for television and digital platforms. Over one or, if they choose, two semesters, students with any level of video experience will move from the basics of field reporting and anchoring newscasts to more advanced and sophisticated levels of long-form video news. Class meetings will include the production of AUP's weekly television news webcast. A significant amount of course time will therefore be devoted to mastering news writing skills and journalistic techniques such as interviewing, news scripting, etc. The course will also examine how news stories are produced for ear and eye, including the construction of various story formats. The classes will help the student understand the role of the broadcast reporter, through the study and discussion of current issues in audio visual journalism, historical development and the organization of news operations.