MEDPL 20200<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This course teaches students how to report and write a variety of audio news stories and podcasts for a live radio newscast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students will be required to produce news content for a live radio broadcast. Each student will report, write and produce three audio stories as well as scripts for a one-hour live newscast produced by a team of four students. This newscast will showcase student work and air live on Hunter College\u2019s radio station, WHCS (Where Hunter College Speaks). In addition, students will publish their work on their own website and use social media (Twitter: #hunterjourpgm, Instagram: hunterjourpgm, Facebook, and Snapchat) to promote their podcasts and team newscast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the conclusion of this class, students should be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Hard News Podcast: 10 percent (5 percent-first draft, 5 percent-final draft)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will research, pitch, report, write and produce a 1:30-2 minute podcast on a current and newsworthy issue or event that is relevant to a Hunter College audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Feature News Podcast: 10 percent (5 percent-first draft, 5 percent-final draft)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will research, pitch, report, write and produce a 3-3:30 minute feature story that focuses on the arts or athletics at Hunter College and incorporates multiple sources and sounds to bring this story alive for the listener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3<\/strong>. Opinion Journalism Podcast: 15 percent (5 percent-first draft, 10 percent-final draft)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will research, pitch, write and produce a 4-4:30 minute opinion journalism podcast in the style of \u201cThis I Believe\u201d on an issue relevant to a Hunter College audience. You will be required to meet one on one to review this podcast and talk about your final project during Week 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Quizzes: 5 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There will be five pop quizzes on current events, lectures and reading assignments worth 1 percent each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Homework: 10 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There will be 10 homework assignments worth 1 percent each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Final Project: 40 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will work in a four-person team to produce a one-hour show for a live radio broadcast on Hunter College\u2019s radio station, WHCS. You will be graded on the organization and quality of elements of your 15-minute individual segment: opening, taped or live interview, scripts setting up one or two of your podcasts, and a close that introduces the next host of the show. Your grade will also reflect the overall quality of the team broadcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Personal Website: 10 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will publish all your podcasts and your team\u2019s newscast on your personal website and include written introductions and visual elements to introduce and complement your audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don\u2019t turn in your assignment at the start of class, you will lose a full letter grade (10 points) for every day the assignment is late. You are a day late if you turn in your assignment after the start of class on the day it is due, even if you turn it in later the same day, two days late on the following day, etc. After seven days, you\u2019ll receive an F on the assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On-time arrival at every class is also expected, so tardiness will lower your grade. Each late arrival after attendance is taken will reduce your final grade by 2.5 points. Attendance is expected and required. Each student will be allowed two unexcused absences for a class that meets twice a week. Each unexcused absence after those will result in a 5-point deduction from your final grade. Only legitimate and documented emergencies and serious illnesses will be considered for an excused absence. Official documentation must be presented the day you return to class.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Required Readings:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alexander, Ray and Stewart, Peter, Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News, <\/em>Third Edition, Routledge Press (2016) chapters 16-19 on Blackboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n Geller, Valerie, Beyond Powerful Radio, Second Edition, <\/em>Focal Press (2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Papper, Robert, Broadcast News Writing Stylebook<\/em>, McGraw Hill Education (2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are also required to listen to a wide range of radio programming on a daily basis, including NPR, SiriusXM, local radio and at least one podcast of your choice like \u201cThis American Life\u201d, TED Radio Hour or Planet Money or Radiolab.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prerequisite MEDPL 20200 Course description This course teaches students how to report and write a variety of audio news stories and podcasts for a live radio newscast. 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Method of Evaluation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\nDate<\/strong>\n<\/td> \nWeekly Topic <\/strong>\n<\/td> \nReadings<\/strong>\n<\/td> \nAssessments<\/strong>\n<\/td><\/tr> \nWeek 1: <\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nCourse Introduction and Overview\n
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\nHistory of Radio from Marconi to Present Day\n<\/td>\nWatch Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio<\/em> (director Ken Burns) and read Pew Research\u2019s State of the News Media Report on Podcasting, Audio, and Public Broadcasting\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation \n
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\nHomework #1: Write a 500-word essay on the state of the radio industry. \n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 2: <\/strong>\n<\/td> \nWriting tor Radio\n
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\nGuest Speaker: WNYC reporter\n<\/td>\nListen to Debatable on Radiolab.org \n
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\nGeller, chapter 17, 23\nPapper, chapters 3-7\n<\/td>\nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nHomework #2: Write three news stories in broadcast style.\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 3:<\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nSoundbites and Interviews\n<\/td> \nGeller, chapter 15\nPapper, chapters 9-10\nAlexander, chapter 17\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nHomework #3: Record three interviews on a Hunter College issue\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 4:<\/strong>\n \n<\/td> \nAudio Editing: multitrack non-linear editing\n
\nGuest Speaker: Sirius XM Engineer and Producer Anthony Smizaski\n<\/td>\nAlexander, chapter 18\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation \n
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\nHomework #4: Edit sound from your interviews into three soundbites\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 5: <\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nVoice and Delivery\n<\/td> \nGeller, chapters 18, 24\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nHomework #5: Prepare a pitch for your hard news story\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 6:<\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nHard News Story Structure and Hard News Podcast pitches \n<\/td> \nPapper, chapters 8, 11\nAlexander, chapter 16\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
\nHomework #6: Prepare a pitch for you feature story podcast\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 7:<\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nSports and Entertainment Programming and Feature Story Podcast Pitch\n<\/td> \nPapper, chapter 28\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation \n
\nHomework #7: Write a 1-minute sports or entertainment segment for a newscast\n
\nHard News Podcast due\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
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\n Week 8:<\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nIn-class Critique Hard News Podcasts\n
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\nTour WNYC\n<\/td>\n
\n<\/td>\nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nHomework #8: Prepare a pitch for your \u201cThis I Believe\u201d podcast\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 9:<\/strong>\n \n<\/td> \nTalk Shows and Opinion on the Radio and \u201cThis I Believe\u201d Podcast Pitch\n<\/td> \nGeller, chapters 1-6\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nFeature Story Podcast due. \n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 10:<\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nIn-class Critique Features Story Podcasts \n
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\nGuest Speaker on Powerful Radio: Valerie Geller, author of Beyond Powerful Radio<\/em>\n<\/td>\n
\n<\/td>\nAttendance and Participation \n
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\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 11:<\/strong>\n
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\nNewscast Programming: Morning and Afternoon Drive\n<\/td>\nGeller, chapter 19, 25\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nOpinion Journalism Podcast due\n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 12: <\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nWorkshop on Final Project: Creating a rundown and writing scripts for a live broadcast\n
\nMandatory one on one meetings during office hours to review \u201cThis I Believe\u201d podcast and discuss final project\n<\/td>\nGeller, chapter 11-12\n
\n<\/td>\nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nHomework #9: Submit a rundown for your team newscast and schedule your live broadcast at WHCS during Week 14. \n<\/td><\/tr>\nWeek 13: <\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nTour of WHCS and Rehearsals for Live Broadcast\n<\/td> \nAlexander, chapter 19\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
\nHomework #10: Submit scripts for approval for your segment of your team newscast.\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nWeek 14: <\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nTour SiriusXM\n
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\nIntegrating Social Media into your podcasts and newscasts\n<\/td>\nGeller, chapter 28\n<\/td> \nAttendance and Participation\n
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\nFinal Drafts of all Podcasts and Team Newscast due (must air before last class.)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
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\n Week 15: <\/strong>\n
\n<\/td>\nClass Party and re-broadcast of Live Newscasts during slot scheduled for final exam\n<\/td> \n
\n<\/td>\nAttendance and Participation\n
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