Video production program gives students hands-on news experience
October 28, 2009
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- Mount Vernon Nazarene University, now in the third year of its video broadcasting program, has recently experienced some advances, allowing students to generate broadcast news.
This summer a portable three-camera video switcher was purchased to allow students to do multi-camera productions in the Thorne Library’s TV studio and across campus. Video broadcasting students recently completed their first production of "CougarNet News," which was launched in October on YouTube. This is MVNU's first attempt at video news.
Students begin the video broadcasting curriculum with an introductory course in video production, and then advance to the Video Practicum class. Practicum focuses on practical experience in video production, giving students potential material for their portfolios. The instructor works in the role of an executive producer to oversee the projects.
In the last year, students taking the course have produced videos for Knox County’s Food For The Hungry drive, and assisted MVNU’s Marketing Department with several promotional pieces. With this experience under their belts, students are now gaining additional valuable assistance. Amy Rogan, assistant news director at the Ohio News Network (ONN), is serving as adjunct instructor for the video practicum class. With her experience in the newsroom, she is teaching students how to properly write, direct and produce news.
"This is a very exciting time for our department,” says Joe Rinehart, an instructor in communication and director of broadcasting for MVNU. “To start a campus news presence not only blends skills from our journalism and broadcasting majors, but Amy’s expertise in TV news is giving our students a top-notch educational experience."
To subscribe to MVNU's Video Production channel on YouTube, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/MVNUVideoProd. Stuents look forward to producing several more news segments and additional assignments throughout the community during the rest of the academic year.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. U.S. News & World Report ranks MVNU in the top 50 Best in the Midwest (Baccalaureate) institions for the sixth year in a row. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and eight additional satellite Adult and Graduate Studies sites throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,600 students from 25 states and eight countries/U.S. territories.
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