EARLY CAREER PROGRAMS
NBC NEWS/NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY, SCHOOL OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM
OVERVIEW
NBC NEWS has teamed up with the New York Film Academy to train the next generation of journalists, preparing them to navigate the evolving landscape of broadcast and digital journalism. Working together, NBC NEWS and the New York Film Academy created an intensive hands-on curriculum to address the pressing demand for skilled, can-do digital journalists on broadcast network television, cable, and the Internet.
The involvement of NBC NEWS in the Broadcast Journalism program is of incalculable value to students. NBC NEWS professionals will be the primary instructors and will conduct master classes during the program. Participants will be introduced to the most cutting edge digital technology and the tools that are now being used in the field by NBC's journalists. Students will go behind the scenes at NBC and 30 Rockefeller Plaza to learn about production of shows like The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and Dateline NBC.
The new breed of digital journalist is boldly revealing the world and today's breaking news to the public. Digital Journalists are expected to research, report, shoot, write, edit, and even appear on camera in their own field reports and investigative segments. Students will also learn the new ways of transmitting video and audio, necessary to work in the field.
The One Year Digital Journalism program will challenge students to practice and develop these skills in preparation to enter this exciting and competitive field.
Each student produces a series of prerecorded news projects, starting with single and advancing to multi-camera shoots. These projects are then edited on Final-Cut Pro.
Students who complete this program should be able to confidently produce, shoot, report, record, and edit news projects suitable for broadcast. The first semester provides a foundation in digital and basic journalistic skills that students will apply to more advanced work in the second semester where the focus is on Live, Remote, and News show production.
Requirements:
- High School graduate
- 18 years or older
- English proficiency