Jour278 Webcast News Production

"It is immoral not to be excellent in your craft" - Melvin Mencher

PREREQ: JOUR175

Professor Tony Rogers/Office: Rollins 125/Phone: 215-968-8165
e-mail: bucksjournalism@gmail.com
Office Hours:

Important: Here's how to forward your Bucks
e-mail to your personal e-mail

Important: You will need to use Adobe Premiere for editing your videos.

Student subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud

The coursework: In this course you will be responsible for producing 3-4 news videos of roughly 90 seconds to two minutes in length each. Videos produced by students in past semesters can be seen here:

https://www.bucks-news.com/category/video/

Each video must include interviews, titles, b-roll, voiceover narration or titles. You must submit a script with each video.

You must also write a research paper of roughly 1,000 words focusing either on a notable figure in the history of broadcast journalism or on an important development or trend in broadcast journalism.

Course overview

Course schedule and activities

The research paper

Video shooting tips

Best free stock video sites

Assignment deadlines for Spring 2023

1st video - Friday, March 10

2nd video - Friday, April 14

3rd video - Tuesday, May 9

research paper - Tuesday, May 9

Video Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro (video)

A Really Easy Guide to Using Adobe Premiere Pro Video Editing Software

What is b-roll

How to shoot b-roll

The importance of b-roll

Five b-roll MISTAKES You Should AVOID

Adobe Creative Suite (including Premiere) for $7.50 a month

Broadcast News Script Format (right-click, click "save link as")

Jour278 Facebook Page

  Wednesday lab sessions with Dalton:

   IMPORTANT LINKS

   COLLEGE PLAGIARISM AND ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT POLICY

Writing
Broadcast Newswriting	Writing for the Web
Writing to Video Tips	Broadcast News Script Format (right-click, click "save link as")
Writing to Video Exercise
Adobe Premiere Pro	Camera & Equipment
Easy Adobe Premiere instructions	Canon Vixia manual
Text-Based Premiere Tutorials	Canon Vixia HD Camera Info
Adobe Premiere Video Tutorial 1 of 3	Downloading video from the Canon Vixia
Adobe Premiere Video Tutorial 2 of 3	Sennheiser Microphone Instructions
Adobe Premiere Video Tutorial 3 of 3
Adobe Premiere Video Quick Tutorial
Windows Live Movie Maker	Movie Maker YouTube Tutorials
Audio
Audacity free sound editor	CCMixster for Free Music
Audiacity Tutorials
TV/Video Sites
Courier Times Videos	WPVI
WCAU	KYW
Frontline	PBS News Hour
CBS EVENING NEWS	ABC WORLD NEWS
CBS 60 Minutes	NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
Vice	Fox News
CNN	MSNBC

REQUIRED BOOKS AND MATERIALS

COLLEGE BOOKSTORE WEBSITE

Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News An 8GB (at least) USB flash drive and a reporter's notebook

Bring your flash drive to EVERY class and carry a reporter's notepad with you at all times. You never know when you'll come across a news story - an armed robbery or a fire, for instance - in progress.

ABSENCES, PLAGIARISM, ETC.

ABSENCES: Attendance will be taken and chronically absent students will see their grade in the class quickly drop. If you have to miss class and have a legitimate excuse, let me know. Also, if you miss class, it's up to YOU to find out what assignments you missed by checking with me or going to the Assignments Calendar.

LATENESS: Chronically late students will be dropped a letter grade.

LATE WORK: Deadlines are crucial. Unexcused late work will be dropped a letter grade.

COLLEGE PLAGIARISM POLICY

QUIZZES

Students will produce several types of video reports for the class, including:

A person-on-the-street interview report

A profile of a person

A report on a student club

Coverage of an event on campus

All students will create their own blog or website that they will use to archive the videos they produce. Students will also create an online resume on their website or blog. Each student's website will be evaluated at the end of the semester as part of his/her final grade.

Promote Yourself and Your Work Online

More Reporters Are Creating Their Own Websites

Some Cheap and Easy Ways to Establish Your Presence Online

GRADING

GRADES: Your final grade will be based on video reports assignments, quizzes, class participation and extra credit work. Writing assignments count the most.

EXTRA CREDIT: You can earn extra credit by writing as many articles as possible for the Centurion, and/or by becoming an editor.
 

DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS CLICK HERE

IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL CAMERAS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WILL BE CHECKED OUT ACCORDING TO SERIAL NUMBER. STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF THIS EQUIPMENT AND FOR RETURNING IT PROMPTLY WHEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE COMPLETE. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RETURN CAMERAS AND/OR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WILL FACE THE FOLLOWING CONSEQUENCES:

1. YOUR BUCKS TRANSCRIPTS AND RECORDS WILL BE FROZEN. YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO REGISTER AT BUCKS OR TO OBTAIN A TRANSCRIPT FROM BUCKS FOR TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION UNTIL THE EQUIPMENT IS RETURNED.

2. YOU WILL RECEIVE A FAILING GRADE FOR THIS CLASS FOR THE SEMESTER.

3. BUCKS SECURITY AND SAFETY OFFICE AND THE NEWTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE NOTIFIED.