MAET-150 Radio-Television News Production

Credits 4 / 6 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into RDNG-030 (ACSR-030), completion of ELAP-110 with a minimum grade of 2.0, or successful completion of RDNG-016 or ACLT-074 with a minimum grade of 3.0.  Pre-requisite: MAET-100  and ENGL-101  with a minimum grade of 2.0.
This course will focus on the fundamentals of ethics gathering writing editing producing and delivering news stories features and documentaries for electronic media. Students will use both virtual set and electronic field production (EFP) techniques to report shoot and edit news stories with an appropriate theoretical background. This course will prepare students for work in television and radio news reporting online journalism corporate communications public relations advertising education or other related fields.

Course Outcomes
1. Explore the state of contemporary electronic media in American culture 2. Write, produce and direct short news productions 3. Create and maintain a professional portfolio 4. Critique the content and quality of presentation of a variety of electronic media news presentations 5. Analyze and discuss theories and principles of effective news reporting 6. Explain the role that an artist has in planning and shaping the elements, ethical considerations and editorial judgements in creating news reports, advertisements, and other media portrayals of people places and things.