0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Laboratory Upper Division
This course is an introduction to video journalism, including critical examination of various styles of video journalism from news websites to local TV news to national/international television news programs. Students will produce video stories using video cameras and audio equipment to record interviews and natural sound, learn professional lighting techniques, find stories, interview for video, write scripts, review video journalism ethics, and related content.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate a working knowledge of camera/audio recording and editing for video journalism stories.
2Define and describe basic television/digital terms and concepts.
3Gather, write and produce news content for television and digital platforms.
4Demonstrate a working knowledge of journalism ethics and news-media literacy.
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