Discover the techniques of on-camera production, including shooting a news story using a video and learning how news stories fit into various newscast formats
Learn interviewing techniques, and effective news-gathering methods, and practice how to write in a clear broadcast style to connect the details of a story with picture
Learn the flow, mechanics, and timing essentials for contemporary broadcast conventions, both for short news stories and “magazine-style” programming
Explore the theory and in-practice newscast production and how AI is challenging traditional practices
About this course:
Students learn the elements of on-camera journalism, concentrating on news gathering and how to cover an on-the-spot news story with a camera crew. The course examines the particular impact of artificial intelligence on the practices and profession of televised journalism. Other topics include live interviewing techniques; effective news gathering methods; practice on how to write in clear broadcast style to connect the details of a story with the pictures--especially under deadline pressures; and the mechanics, timing and flow of current broadcast formats, both for short news stories and “magazine-style” programming. Instruction includes specifics of television production and on-camera technique, including shooting a news story using a video camera and showing how news stories fit into a newscast. Career opportunities and the variety of methods used to produce a television newscast, both in theory and in practice, also are discussed.
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