COMM 150 - Sports Broadcasting & Media Production

Credits: 3
This course will be facilitated in a real news studio, where students will obtain handson, experiential learning in the production of a weekly, 30minute live show The WrapUp Report for the Skylanders Sports Network. The show is produced in partnership with a professional local broadcasting agency and is featured on the Sussex Skylanders Athletics website and streamed on a professional YouTube account. Clips and content will also appear on the Colleges EDTV 20 channel and YouTube accounts. Students will work as members of a production team writing, producing and developing program segments. They will have the opportunity to experience roles as producer, videographer, editor, teleprompter operator, director, writer, field reporter and host. Live production for the show will be in a lab setting during scheduled class time. Class time will be spent on preproduction, which includes program development, electronic news gathering, writing scripts and segments, field reporting and shooting prerecorded content. Lab fee required. Lab fee required.