JOUR 4520 - Radio and Television Producing

• Be able to write all story forms and create transitions between adjacent stories.
• To understand and effectively use graphics in the production of newscasts.
• To understand and use the concepts of flow and balance and their relationship to how the audience processes information.
• To understand audience demographics and how to design relevant newscasts for a specific audience.
• To understand how to handle live, breaking news producing.
• To understand producing content for different platforms.
• To understand the goals of headlines and teases and be able to write/produce effective headlines and teases.
• To understand the importance of a diversity of voices and perspectives in a newscast.
• To understand the management function of a producer and the newsroom relationships vital to producing newscasts.