Bob Hill, 440.953.7132 Lakeland Community College Adds Electronic News to Credit Schedule Lakeland Community College students will learn electronic news gathering from Emmy Award-winner Alan DePetro beginning in January. Lakeland s new partnership with CNN will provide news to Lakeland with up to 17 feeds each day.
Students can comment on the news or they can download scripts that accompany news stories.
In addition, students will learn how to go out and get the news that breaks locally. Alan DePetro has worked in the broadcast industry for nearly 40 years . He recently retired from TV-5. He says, Students need to know the basics first. They need to learn how to write the news before they can read the news.