What Can I Do With A Major In Broadcast Production?

Near the conclusion of a two-year pre-professional program in which students take introductory courses in the mass media, basic radio and television techniques, and beginning reporting, students apply for admission to the School of Journalism’s professional program with broadcast production option. Keys to broadcast production success include the ability to photograph, practice non-linear video editing and advanced audio techniques, to direct in a studio control room, understanding of studio and field lighting techniques. The student’s junior and senior years will consist of a strong bootcamp of electronic photojournalism, non-linear video editing, directing, technical directing. Field work is tightly focused on storytelling in its strictest sense. Additional requirements include a rigorous media law class and senior seminar, plus elective topics like newscast producing, the Student Documentary Unit, reporting for the World Wide Web, broadcast programming, and media, and multicultural reporting. An internship on radio or television station, at a television production house, or in a related field is required to prepare the student for the rigorous demands of broadcast production.