Course Numbers: 000987 - 000988

Broadcast Journalism/Television Production is an advanced level course in a coordinated sequence of courses in the Arts, Media and Entertainment pathway of courses in the Poway Unified School District. The course provides instruction in news reporting and editing for both on-air video broadcast and print media. Students refine their analytical reading, expository writing and oral communication skills and are provided with experiences that may form the basis for a future college major in communications. Students prepare and present newscasts and enterprise reports in a broadcast environment. Reporting, writing news copy, sound, and digital video editing and presentation design are among the topics covered. In addition, the historical and contemporary practices of broadcast journalism in society, with emphasis on methods, writing, announcing and ethics are studied. The importance of researching information and fact-finding are stressed throughout the course. Much of the course is project-based, as students apply their knowledge producing regular news segments to be broadcast for the school and to outside audiences. 

Course Numbers: 001097 - 001098

Broadcast Journalism 3-4 follows Broadcast Journalism & Television 1-2 in the sequence of courses in the Poway Unified School District’s Digital Media Production program. Broadcast Journalism 3-4 builds on all of the techniques, artistic skills, journalistic skills, and academic understanding learned in Broadcast Journalism & Television Production 1-2 to create complex and meaningful works of art and journalism. Students will continue to develop and hone the journalistic and technical skills they learned in Broadcast Journalism & Television Production 1-2. Working as video journalists, students will develop and research stories, shoot and edit interviews and b-roll footage, transcribe interviews, write two-column A/V scripts, and deliver completed segment packages to be aired during a weekly news program. Students will also work on live broadcast news and events production where they learn to juggle myriad competing and changing interests and resources while putting together a compelling news show or live event broadcast on time. Students also study and analyze the historical development of live broadcasting and studio-type shows and the impact of changing technology and societal norms and expectations on the content and presentation of news and shows. 

Course Numbers: 001099 - 001100

Broadcast Journalism Advanced is a Capstone model broadcast journalism course for advanced students who have successfully completed Broadcast Journalism 1-2 and Broadcast Journalism 3-4. Students will continue to develop advanced writing and reporting skills while working on high-profile assignments for national distribution within the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program. Students in Broadcast Journalism Advanced are developing leadership skills, learning the business economics of television news, exploring college and career pathways within the industry, and developing ethics and best practice policies for scholastic journalism programs. In the leadership program, students are providing mentorship for less-experienced students enrolled in the Broadcast Journalism Pathway. Students will extend their experiences outside of the classroom with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs where they will create digital content while working alongside industry professionals. As a Capstone experience, students will take leadership roles in Westview Newscast’s broadcast program. This course Is repeatable, allowing students to remain In the program through the end of their senior year.