ALISO NIGUEL HIGH

TV/Broadcast Journalism is a year-long elective which meets the A-G UC approval for a fine arts class.  Students in TV/Broadcast Journalism will learn the roles of a television news crew by producing a weekly video magazine show called “The Morning Howl” to air campus-wide at Aliso Niguel High School.  Students will have a chance to learn all of the roles involved in producing a weekly video news magazine show by rotating through positions throughout the course of the semester.

 

“MORNING HOWL” POSITIONS:

 

ANCHOR - The most visible members of “The Morning Howl”. These are the people that appear as the "up front" personalities behind the anchor desk. Ideally, the news anchor is a complete journalist, familiar with reporting, on-scene live coverage and skilled at writing, and in some cases, producing news packages.

 

REPORTERS - They are on-the-scene at every kind of event. News reporters must be excellent writers, capable of working quickly and accurately to sum up the key elements of a news story and make it understandable and relevant to the audience.

 

WRITER - The writer's responsibilities include preparing news packages for voicing by anchors or reporters, researching story information.  Exceptional writing skills are a must.

 

FEATURE PRODUCER - The Feature Producer must have an "eye" for human interest or humorous stories. The person searches for and sets up stories for the Feature Reporter. The Feature Producer will also be involved in doing interviews, gathering video, editing video and writing.

 

ELECTRONIC NEWS GATHERING (ENG) – Also known as camera operators or photojournalists, they work alongside reporters to capture events on videotape and to produce live, on-scene coverage of breaking news stories.

 

GRAPHICS - Responsible for creating the titles and graphics used on “The Morning Howl”.