Includes training in advanced reporting and writing techniques and the editorial calendar, including issue pacing and article mix. Broadcast Issues seminar Practical experience covering news and feature stories in Chicago for television. Reporting includes on-scene reporting with video and audio equipment, writing and editing on deadline and researching and producing minidocumentaries. The course also examines the operation of the television newsroom, selecting news for broadcast and producing various news programs. The seminar examines current broadcasting issues, the impact of news coverage on the community and the organizational structure and economic base of the television station.
Students work in teams to gather and write content and develop business and marketing plans.
They also research new media topics. During a quarter in which they take an RPA course and companion seminar, students also take an elective course on Mondays for their third unit of credit. An examination of the performance of the press in covering the contemporary public affairs arena and the changing economic landscape of the media world. Studies include specific instances or types of news reporting as they reflect contemporary problems of news gathering, newswriting, legal options, economic pressures and ethical considerations. This seminar, taken on campus, is required of students intending to participate in the optional Global Journalism quarter abroad.