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Television News Producing Certificate
Program type:
Certification
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 semesters
Credit Hours:
18
Get hands-on experiance producing live, televised news and prepare for a career in
the industry with UNT.
This certificate is designed to provide students with solid hands-on academic and
professional experience gathering, discussing, managing and producing a nightly half-hour
live newscast. The required courses provide the foundation for professional judgment,
thinking, and management needed in electronic news media whether associated with television,
radio, or the Internet.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn a Television News Producing Certificate?
Students learn the essential skills and knowledge needed for both creative and physical producing. Careers include setting up and operating audio and video equipment including microphones, sound speakers, video screens, projectors, video monitors, recording equipment, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, and related electronic equipment for concerts, sports events, meetings, and conventions, presentations, and news conferences. May also set up and operate associated spotlights and other custom lighting systems.
Television News Producing Certificate Highlights
We're an institutional member of the Broadcast Education Association, Texas Association
of Broadcast Educators and the University Film and Video Association. These organizations
provide our faculty members with additional perspectives on current topics.
The Media Arts Department supports students seeking internships with industry contacts
that are actively hiring.
Students' work has earned Lone Star Emmys, Telly Awards and honors from the Texas
Associated Press Broadcasters, the regional chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists and the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
Our students annually compete in international and national film festivals and student
competitions. Their work has screened at the Dallas International Film Festival, the
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France and the Student Academy
Award Regional finalist screenings in Chicago.
Faculty members include internationally recognized scholars; media professionals with
backgrounds in film production, news, broadcasting and social media; and award-winning
documentary and narrative filmmakers. Their books are used in university courses throughout
the world.
Television News Producing Certificate Courses You Could Take
Introduction to Media Arts Production (3 hrs)
Introduction to basic techniques. Audio, television (studio and location) and single-camera
video and film methods are investigated. Includes production exercises and experiments.
Introduction to Broadcast, Cable and Internet Technology (3 hrs)
Introduction to the historical, programming, physical, legal, social, and economic
aspects of broadcasting, cable, and internet technologies.
Video Photography, Editing and Reporting for Digital Media (3 hrs)
Introduction to shooting, writing, editing and producing (both audio and video) skills
targeting information programming including documentary, sports, magazine formats
and news across multiple platforms and distribution modes.
Television News Producing (3 hrs)
Theory and practice of producing television newscasts in a station environment. Provides
basic TV news management, content design and development for broadcast, and exposure
to other media career paths.
Content Development for Digital Media (3 hrs)
Advanced production of news and informational content for radio, television and the
Internet. Project-oriented curriculum giving advanced students experience creating
podcasts, marketing video, mini-docs and other digital content for cross-platform
distribution.
Digital Media Writing (3 hrs)
Emphasis on formats, styles, and how to research content/material. Introduction to
converged broadcast information writing with emphasis in talk magazine, sports, long-form
documentary and news formats.
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