VIDEO JOURNALISM PRACTICUM (CM1852)

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This hands-on workshop trains students in video journalism in a real-time newsroom and production studio setting. Students will gain skills working with video production equipment and editing tools including Final Cut Pro. Students will contribute video journalism pieces to “PTV”, the video platform linked to the student media website where their video work contributes to the content mix of news pieces, video work, and magazine stories. Students will produce short video stories, narratives and interviews for the site. They will edit video pieces, post on YouTube, and use social media to promote their stories. The course will prepare students for entry-level positions in video journalism and for more advanced AUP courses in video and broadcast journalism. Note: Up to 8 credits for Journalism Practica can be applied toward the degree. May be taken twice for credit.

Code: 
CM1852
Name: 
VIDEO JOURNALISM PRACTICUM
Discipline: 
CM (Communications)
Type: 
CCX
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
2
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
Yes
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Shoot and edit video to broadcast standard
  2. Master interview techniques
  3. Develop story ideas and translate them into visual language
  4. Script-writing and delivery, off screen and on screen
  5. Working to a deadline
  6. Real-World Understanding of Complexities: Students will enhance their understanding of the complexities and challenges of real-world concerns and their creative capacity to address them (CCX LO1)
  7. Cultural Fluency: Students will interpret intercultural experience from the perspectives of more than one worldview and demonstrate the ability to initiate and develop interaction with cultural difference (CCX LO2)
  8. Self-Assessment and Effective Communication: Students will engage in the self-assessment, reflection and analysis of this experience, preparing them for future success, and will be able to articulate this to future educational and professional interlocutors (CCX LO3)
  9. Critical Reflexivity: Students will be able to position themselves critically in relation to these concerns, considering the efficacy, consequences and ethical dimensions of their actions in a given place and context (CCX LO4)

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 CM1852 VIDEO JOURNALISM PRACTICUM
Spring 2025 CM1852 VIDEO JOURNALISM PRACTICUM

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