Television Production & Broadcast Journalism, 5th Edition

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• Covers TV production, broadcast journalism, and media industry careers.
• Teaches filming, editing, directing, scriptwriting, and content creation.
• Includes AI, streaming media, certifications, and hands-on learning resources.

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Television Production & Broadcast Journalismprovides students with a comprehensive introduction to the television production industry and the necessary technical skills for success when entering the field. This text goes beyond camera operations and video editing skills as students explore career responsibilities in broadcast journalism, scriptwriting, directing, and techniques for both traditional studio production and remote location work. This text is written by authors who are award-winning media arts educators and have extensive experience across many roles in the television industry. The fifth edition chapters are reordered to reflect preferred teaching order and to include the impact of streaming services, mobile content creation, social media, and artificial intelligence technologies on the industry. An updated art program reflects emerging technologies and appeals to the modern-day visual arts student.

The Video Library features 20 professionally-made videos on filming technique and video editing software tutorials.
The text is correlated to YouScience® Industry CertificationsTelevision Broadcasting 1 and NOCTI Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Televisionto help students obtain real-world job skills and achieve certification.
A Student Workbook organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, providing questions to help the student review the material presented in the chapter.

SECTION 1: An Introduction to Television Production

SECTION 2: Legalities in the Television Industry

SECTION 3: Understanding the Equipment

SECTION 4: An Introduction to Broadcast Journalism

SECTION 5: Filming

SECTION 6: Creating Your Video

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About the Author

Phillip L. Harris received a Bachelor of Science degree from East Carolina University and Master of Arts in Technology Education from George Mason University. He is also a graduate of Imero Fiorintino Lighting Seminars. Mr. Harris's professional production experience includes a wide range of freelance videography (from weddings to commercials), over 25 years as a freelance theatrical makeup designer and artist, and experience directing more than 25 plays and musicals for community theater since 1979.

Mr. Harris brings over 34 years of teaching television production to this book. As part of the program he taught, Mr. Harris created Digital Wave Productions, a school-based enterprise that allows students to gain professional work experience and raise funds, while producing video projects for clients.

Mr. Harris retired from teaching in 2006, but remains passionate about sharing his successful curriculum and facility design tips with fellow television production and broadcast journalism instructors. He is well-known in the career education field as a convention speaker and is a session presenter and contest judge at many conventions and conferences, including SIPA, JEA, STN, ITEA, ACTE, and ASPA. Through his consulting business, Mr. Harris assists school districts and individual schools design, develop, and implement television and video programs, and provides training for teachers of these courses.

Gil Garcia is a media arts instructor and an award winning documentary filmmaker with an extensive background working in film production for advertising companies such as GSD&M and LatinWorks Marketing. A graduate of The University of Texas Radio Television Film Program, he is currently in his ninth year teaching film production and broadcast journalism at Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas. Mr. Garcia is also a media education consultant for the Austin Independent School District as well as the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Project. Mr. Garcia serves on the community advisory board for KLRU, the Austin PBS affiliate, and volunteers his talents for Latinitas, a non-profit organization focused on informing, entertaining, and inspiring young Latinas to grow into healthy, confident, and successful Latinas. A leader in the field of media arts education, Mr. Garcia's students have won top honors at the national level and have been recognized or featured by: The Obama Administration, The National Student Television Network, National Public Radio, Texas Monthly, The Austin American Statesman, The PBS NewsHour, The BBC, and many others.

Amanda M. Clark is a high school teacher at Southeast High School in Bradenton, FL, where she is responsible for writing and managing her own curriculum for the five television production courses she teaches. Each course is part of the program known as SETV (Southeast TV). Ms. Clark is also the Faculty Advisor and Director of Television for the SETV club, which live streams school sporting events, awards ceremonies, and other special projects that have gained national recognition. As part of the program, students compete in various events in SkillsUSA. Her students have earned more than 15 state championship titles and 8 national championship titles. Ms. Clark also advises the Technology Student Association (TSA) chapter at Southeast High School. She serves on the Florida TSA State Board of Directors, where she was recognized nationally as the High School Advisor of the Year for the state of Florida. In addition, Ms. Clark serves on the Florida Department of Education committee that oversees the standards for both the Digital Video Production and Television Production courses across the state.

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