WCC COMM 118

1. BROADCAST
JOURNALISM
The Past, Present, & Future of Broadcast News Coverage

2. News Coverage: PAST
•“Breaking the News”: Documentary
about the news coverage of the
assassination of JFK
•In many ways, the birthplace of how we
get news today; up-to-minute coverage
enabled by technology and driven by the
public’s thirst for information

3. News Coverage: PRESENT
•The Daily Show on News Coverage of
Flight 370
•Why do you think this is the way it is?
•What kind of news coverage shouldTV
journalism be providing the public?Why
don’t they?
•TV News = Driven by Ratings &
Advertising

4. News Coverage: FUTURE
•The GoPro Revolution
•How will technology like this change not
only how journalists cover the news, but
how the public expects the news will be
covered?
•How would the coverage of JFK’s
assassination been different if it
happened today?

5. News Coverage: FUTURE
•Drones Over America
•How might drone technology change
news coverage of the future?

6. BLACKBOARD QUIZ
• TV NEWS STORY FORMS
• Due by 11:55PM the night before our next class

7. LOOKING AHEAD
• VO stories: editing & writing to video (Windows Movie
Maker)
• VO stories: editing & writing to video (studio)
• VO/SOT stories: editing & writing to video + sound bites
(Windows Movie Maker)
• VO/SOT stories: editing & writing to video + sound bites
(studio)
ATTENDANCE ISVITAL –THERE SIMPLY IS NO
OPPORTUNITYTO MAKE UP IN-CLASS WORK AND OUR
SCHEDULE IS SUBJECTTO CHANGE!