2014 - Fall

TV Reporting I

Course Number: JOUR-GA 1040.001

Day & Time: Tuesday, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Location: 750

Instructor: Marcia Rock

This beginning course introduces students to field reporting. Students learn to develop story ideas, write to picture, structure a story and conduct interviews and shoot and edit. Beat assignments cover a variety of topics in the neighborhoods of New York. As the course develops, detailed script analysis is combined with in-depth discussions of the completed pieces. Students work in teams of 2-3. They use small DV cameras, linear and non-linear editing systems.