PSYPACT- Practicing Over State Lines May 2024.pptx
Comm 118 Lecture #1
1. Professor Eric Luther
TX Community College transfer student
SMU: Dallas,TX – Bachelors of Humanities
NYU: NewYork, NY – Masters inArts &
Humanities Education
10 years in media production (mainlyTV news)
Taught communications and media courses as
adjunct at other community colleges – second full
time semester atWCC
Curriculum & Department Chair, Communications
& MediaArts
2. Students:
Who are you and what brings you to
this class?
What are your journalism/media
interests?
3. TODAY’S OVERVIEW:
Go over Class Outline
Discuss Broadcast Journalism Basics
BBC newsroom Documentary
Class Materials are posted on
Blackboard prior to class meeting
GOTOTHIS COURSE SECTION ON
BLACKBOARD NOW
4. All assigned class work and materials can be found
in the corresponding WEEKLY CLASS MATERIAL &
ASSIGNMENTS area of the course blackboard shell:
5. Click into the appropriate week of
class meeting:
6. There you will see all the assigned work &
material in 2 folders – one for CLASS
MATERIALS and one for COURSE
ASSIGNMENTS
7. CONTACT INFO
COURSE DETAILS
GRADING DETAILS
CLASS POLICIES
GENERALTOPIC OUTLINE
8. LECTURES/COVERAGE OF CLASS
MATERIAL
BLACKBOARDAND IN-CLASS QUIZZES
& ASSIGNMENTS
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES OF
BROADCAST JOURNALISM
IN-STUDIO PRACTICE AND PROJECTS
9. Course Outline is subject to change
Discussion is encouraged but please
be polite not only when talking, but
listening – communication is a two-
way street
Questions?
12. RADIO from about 1910
(BROADCAST MEDIA)
TELEVISION from about 1950
(BROADCAST MEDIA)
INTERNET from about 1990
(DIGITAL MEDIA)
MOBILE from about 2000
(DIGITAL MEDIA)
13. CONVERGENCE MEDIA
The combining of traditional
broadcast avenues likeTelevision
and Radio with aspects of digital
media found in Internet and Mobile
technology
14. 60 MINUTES:
The Coming Swarm
The best journalism flows from logical thinking,
solid research, and comprehensive reporting –
see if this example doesn’t strike you as an
effective piece of broadcast journalism
15. The best way to learn journalism is by
doing journalism so, in addition to
lectures, presentations, real-world
examples, and discussions, you will do
writing exercises and in-studio/on-
camera delivery of stories as the major
part of the course
16. What are some examples of broadcast
journalism that you find most effective
in your everyday news consumption?
What qualities do they possess that you
find important to their success?Why do
think they work while others might fail?
17. Broadcast Journalism – especially during
breaking news – can be very exciting
In this short documentary we see the
workings ofTV station KCBS (CBS-Los
Angeles)
Although the technology has advanced since
this was made, all the journalistic activities,
fast pace, deadlines, and concerns remain
basically the same today
18. Read the first chapter of your book
for next time – “Characteristics of
Broadcast NewsWriting”
CompleteWriting Exercise #1
19. In five sentences, write about a newsworthy
event you witnessed first-hand at some
point in your life; it can be a sporting event,
a car accident, a fight on the street, a public
concert/appearance, the long lines at
school registration, problems with traffic,
etc.
20. DO NOTWRITE IN FIRST PERSON (don’t use “I”
in your copy) – write it as you would for
broadcast
READ IT OUT LOUDTO SEE HOW IT SOUNDS!
Use appropriate and proper grammar, spelling,
and punctuation
Five sentences only!
Due the night before our next class!