COM 442 - CentralNewsWatch Reporting

Description:
Gather, write, and report news stories for newscasts to be aired on cable and to also be distributed online and through social media. May be repeated up to 12 credits.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: COM 310.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments

Learner Outcome	Activity (optional)	Assessment
Students will be able to conduct broadcast interviews in a professional setting.	Students must turn in video news stories that include interviews. The interviews have to supply emotion or elaboration. They cannot be soundbites that just state facts.	Peer and instructor review.
Students will be able to develop news judgement and identify stories of significance to the audience.	Students will turn in story ideas each week. Story ideas will be developed into video stories for the newscast.	Peer and instructor review.
Students will be able to write broadcast style.	Students will turn in story scripts that focus on visual story telling, concise language, active vs passive sentence structure, good leads into soundbites.	Peer and instructor review.
Students will be able to produce an as-if-live report or a studio hit to demonstrate their ability to communicate story messages.	Students must produce 1-2 stories that include AI L or a studio hit intro.	Peer and instructor review.
Students will be able to rewrite stories for use in other media.	Students will write stories for the one medium and create another story with a different angle for use in another medium. Those mediums include over-the-air and social media.	Peer and instructor review.