Television News

Catalog description

Produce a weekly television newscast. COMM 480 Television News (6) COMM 480 -Television News will help prepare students for a career in television newscast content, presentation and production with a strong multimedia component. Students will gain experience in all aspects of producing a newscast. The class will meet Mondays and Fridays, but they will be expected to produce content on a daily basis, whenever and wherever stories in Centre County happen. After a few weeks of training, we will produce the Centre County Report each week with elements BOTH ONAIR and ONLINE. This is NOT a newscast focusing only on Penn State activities. Students must be prepared to produce a newscast that informs the larger audience of Central Pennsylvania. COMM 480 needs the best students to produce the Centre County Report. Students will primarily serve as the news-editorial side of the newscast (anchors, reporters, sports, producers and some in-field photojournalists and studio camera operation) or as the technical team (director, technical director, audio, graphics, studio camera operator AND field production/photojournalists). By the end of this course, students will have the skill set to: 1. Pursue a career in television news 2. rite solid television news scripts 3. Enhance your storytelling ability 4. Enhance your ability to produce and technically support a newscast 5. Understand the importance of multimedia 6. Produce an effective resume tape