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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Students will be able to operate producing software that parallels software used in newsrooms
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Create their own template for a newscast that addresses structure of the newscast and connections to necessary software
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Graded assignment with rubric
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Students will be able to identify the guidelines and rules of broadcast news producing
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Produce a mock newscast. Assistant produce a Central NewsWatch newscast.
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Peer and teacher evaluation using rubric.
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Students will be able to develop flow and continuity within a newscast to attract and retain viewers
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Revise reporter intros and tags in mock newscast to improve flow and continuity. Suggest intros and tags to reporters while assistant producing a Central NewsWatch newscast.
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Graded assignment with rubric that analyzes steps taken to improve flow of newscast
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Students will be able to write effective news teases
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Write teases for mock newscasts. Write teases for Central NewsWatch newscast.
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Peer review of presentation with justifications for approaches ta ken to tease writing.
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Students will be able to use live shots, as-if-lives and studio hits to improve pacing and to place emphasis on stories
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Produce mock newscasts incorporating live shots, as-if-lives and studio hits.
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Peer review and critique of other students’ newscasts providing proper justification for shot selection.
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Students will be able to time a show and make adjustments if the show is “heavy” or “light.”
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Produce newscast with emphasis on timing.
In-class exercises, where students’ must make split second decisions.
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Instructor uses rubric to discern whether produced newscast meets timing expectations:
Instructor evaluates whether students exhibit creative decision ma king under stress
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Students will be able to structure
And restructure stories to produce different newscasts with different formats and goals.
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Teams suggest story structure ideas in mock newscast situations. Students work with
Central NewsWatch assignment editor to suggest story versions for newscast and on-line publication
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Peer Review Committee and student supervisors assess students’ justification for programming decisions
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Students will be able to field produce a story to better communicate the message of the story using tools such as stand ups, interviews, as-if-lives, and other producing tools.
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Students identify attributes of tools and suggest ways the tools may be utilized to better communicate a message. Students actually field produce a story with a reporter for Central NewsWatch.
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I n a quiz, students correctly identify ways to utilize field producing tools.
Instructor and team peers use rubric to assess field-produced stories.
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