Associate
Professor
Department
of Communication
Trinity University
e-mail: hhaines@trinity.edu
(210) 999-8140 (office, voice mail)
(210) 999-8113 (Department of Communication)
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Course Calendar: Television News - COMM 3342-1 |
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Redmond, Shook & Lattimore = RSL Tuggle, Carr & Huffman = TCH Please read the assignments by the date on which they are listed on the class calendar. |
Week One
| 1. | AUG | 30 |
COURSE INTRODUCTION The Live Show format |
Week Two
| 2. | SEP | 4 |
COPY WRITING Examples of television news copy and video READ: RSL Chapter One: Writing for Electronic Media and Chapter Two: Writing to the Medium (pp. 1-78) and TCH Preface, Chapter One: Characteristics of Broadcast News Writing, Chapter Two: Selecting Stories and Starting to Write and Chapter Three: Writing Leads and Other Helpful Tips (pp. vii-46) DUE: RSL Exercises |
| 3. | SEP | 6 |
THE VIDEO SET-UP PIECE AND THE INTERVIEW ABC Nightline READ: RSL Chapter Three: Writing the News Story, Chapter Four: News Selection (pp. 79-126) and TCH Chapter Four: Deadly Sins and How to Avoid Them, Chapter Five: Interviewing: Getting the Facts and the Feelings (pp. 47-72) DUE: RSL Exercises |
Week Three
| 4. | SEP | 11 |
COPY WRITING The Live Show Program Team Assignments READ: RSL Chapter Five: Features, Chapter Six: Electronic Media News Organization, and Chapter Seven: Interviews and Soundbites (pp. 127-192) and TCH Chapter Six: Writing Radio News (pp. 73-90) DUE: RSL Exercises |
| 5. | SEP | 13 |
FIELD CAMERA OPERATIONS: SHOOTING THE VO If the weather allows, we'll work outside today, so dress accordingly. READ: RSL Chapter Ten: Live Field Reporting and Storytelling (pp.239-256) and TCH Chapter Seven: Television News Story FormsÑ The VO (pp. 91-104) DUE: RSL Exercise |
Week Four
| 6. | SEP | 18 |
FIELD CAMERA OPERATIONS: SCRIPTING THE VO READ: RSL Chapter Eight: Editing and Rewriting Electronic News, Chapter Nine: TV News: Newscast Story Production and Video Editing (pp. 193-238) and TCH Chapter Nine: Television Story Forms--- The Package (pp. 119-130) |
| 7. | SEP | 20 |
EDITING ASSIGNMENT: Practice video editing READ:TCH Chapter Ten: Producing TV News and Chapter Eleven: Writing Sports Copy (pp. 131-186) |
Week Five
| 8. | SEP | 25 |
EDITING ASSIGNMENT: Practice video editing READ: RSL Chapter Eleven: Producing Across Electronic Technologies (pp. 257-320) |
| 9. | SEP | 27 |
VIDEO RUN-THROUGHS |
Week Six
| 10. | OCT | 2 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE OF VIDEO RUN-THROUGHS READ: RSL Research, Ratings, and Promotion, Chapter Thirteen: Legal Considerations (pp. 321-376) |
| 11. | OCT | 4 |
PROGRAM RUN-THROUGH |
Week Seven
| 12. | OCT | 9 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE READ: RSL Chapter Fourteen: Ethics and Professionalism (pp. 377- 406) and TCH Chapter Twelve: Why We Fight (pp. 187-204) |
| 13. | OCT | 11 |
PROGRAM RUN-THROUGH |
Week Eight
| 14. | OCT | 16 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| 15. | OCT | 18 |
PROGRAM #1 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Nine
| 16. | OCT | 23 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| 17. | OCT | 25 |
PROGRAM #2 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Ten
| 18. | OCT | 30 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| 19. | NOV | 1 |
PROGRAM #3 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Eleven
| 20. | NOV | 6 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| 21. | NOV | 8 |
PROGRAM #4 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Twelve
| 22. | NOV | 13 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| 23. | NOV | 15 |
PROGRAM #5 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Thirteen
| 24. | NOV | 20 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| NOV | 22 |
Thanksgiving Holiday- Class does not meet |
Week Fourteen
| 25. | NOV | 27 |
PREPARING THE RESUME AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT READ: TCH Chapter Thirteen: The 21st Century, Chapter Fourteen: So You Want A Job? The Art of The Resume, and Appendix A: How To Make Your Tape Impressive--- the First Time (pp. 205-230) |
| 26. | NOV | 29 |
PROGRAM #6 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Fifteen
| 27. | DEC | 4 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE |
| 28. | DEC | 6 |
PROGRAM #7 THE LIVE SHOW |
Week Sixteen
| 26. | DEC | 11 |
PLAYBACK & CRITIQUE COURSE EVALUATION |
READING DAYS DEC 12 and 13
FINAL EXAMINATION PERIOD
Saturday, December 15 8:30-11:30 a.m.
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