JOURN X 428 - Reporting and Media Production in the Age of AI

Course Description

Students learn the elements of on-camera journalism, concentrating on news gathering and how to cover an on-the-spot news story with a camera crew. The course examines the particular impact of artificial intelligence on the practices and profession of televised journalism. Other topics include live interviewing techniques; effective news gathering methods; practice on how to write in clear broadcast style to connect the details of a story with the pictures--especially under deadline pressures; and the mechanics, timing and flow of current broadcast formats, both for short news stories and “magazine-style” programming. Instruction includes specifics of television production and on-camera technique, including shooting a news story using a video camera and showing how news stories fit into a newscast. Career opportunities and the variety of methods used to produce a television newscast, both in theory and in practice, also are discussed.

Course Outline

Explore the practices of news gathering and multimedia story distribution through visual media

Course Outline

Discover the techniques of on-camera production, including shooting a news story using video and learning how news stories fit into various newscast formats
Learn interviewing techniques, effective news-gathering methods, and practice how to write in clear broadcast style to connect the details of a story with picture
Learn to the flow, mechanics, and timing essential for contemporary broadcast conventions, both for short news stories and “magazine-style” programming
Explore the theory and in practice newscast production and now AI is challenging traditional practices

Notes

Contact:
Alex Kim
(310) 825-7093
journalim@unex.ucla.edu

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

Journalism : Required Courses
Study Abroad at UCLA Program : Required