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BMST 3404 - Senior Roles in the Digital Newsroom

(formerly COMM 3404)
Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 1
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
Lab Hour(s): 2

Tutorial Hour(s): 1

This course will emphasize the responsibilities associated with newsroom leadership roles, such as news director, anchor, host, assignment editor, and producer. Students will oversee radio, TV, and internet productions of newscasts, current affairs programs, and university sports coverage. Principles of newsroom management, including story vetting, assignment, line-up, program development, and formatting, will be stressed. Students in this course will oversee newsroom operations and will have the opportunity to collaborate with classmates in their second-year.

Prerequisite(s): BMST 2401  and BMST 2405 
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