Prof. Sissel McCarthy’s Studio News Production class took a field trip to CUNY TV last month.
Emmy award-winning journalist Tinabeth Piña led a tour of the station and told students about her work on the magazine show, Latinas, a monthly program that showcases Latino women “at home and in business and everywhere else in between,” she said.
Students then met the control room team and got a chance to try out different jobs on and off camera.
Some students called the shots from the director’s chair while others showed off their anchoring and interviewing skills on set. Several even volunteered for the highest stress job of all: teleprompter operator.
Journalism student Reagan Grant said the tour was particularly worthwhile for her because she is the producer of the first show of the semester on March 12th. “That time in the studio really gave us an inside look on how a professional TV studio works and the opportunity to get ready for our first Hunter News Now newscast,” said Grant.
