CM 564 News Reporting & Producing

This is a multimedia production course that is focused on the tools and skills necessary to produce and manage digital content in the contemporary communications environment. The primary focus of this course is the production and reporting of video-based stories.  Students will research, shoot, light, report, narrate and edit productions in HD video. In addition to learning the craft of story construction, students will be challenged with the ethical issues and responsibilities of the journalist and will have weekly screenings of some of the seminal events in the history of broadcast news.

Workshops -- Camcorder Instruction, Digital Editing, Introduction to the Studio & Control Room