At Radio College we sometimes get asked for curriculum samples by people preparing to teach. Prof. Anne Donohue of Boston University, College of Communication has very kindly offered to share curricula for her Basic and Advanced Radio Journalism classes. After learning the basics of radio production and writing, we will treat this class as an actual newsroom, going on the air on the hour or half hour with updated newscasts, live reports and pre-taped reports. There are some ten thousand radio stations in the United States. Most of them include news as part of their programming.
Some stations do exceptional news coverage and pay their employees well.
There are radio networks like National Public Radio and the BBC which are among the most comprehensive news sources in the world. Many of you will find your first jobs in radio. Many of the TV personalities you know got their start in radio. Locally, Jack Harper, Steve Sbraccia, Beth Germano and Victoria Block are among those that started in radio. Others who start in TV turn to public radio because it allows more time, depth and creativity in producing news.