41-3008 Covering Elections for Radio: Practicum

Course functions as a news program production team whose primary task is to prepare students for live continuous coverage of election night broadcasts on the college radio station WCRX, 88.1FM. Students learn techniques for news anchoring, reporting, interviewing and research. Each student assumes a role in the pre-planning, execution and post-production phases of election night coverage on WCRX-FM, WCRXFM.com and multiple media platforms.

3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II and 41-3318 Producing Radio News or 53-2310 Broadcast News Writing
Requirements Permission of Instructor