Broadcast Course: Theresa de los Santos, Pepperdine
Guest Commentator
Theresa de los Santos
In this semester-long television news course, following a pitch meeting during week 8, students are assigned to a multimedia journalism team with peers enrolled in a complementary course. Each team researches and develops an original solutions journalism piece. This section is based on her approach. We encourage you to adapt it for your needs and share the results with us so we can include them in updates of this toolkit.
IN-CLASS LECTURE AND DISCUSSION
- Going beyond problems
- Elements of a solutions journalism story
- Examples of broadcast solutions journalism stories
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
- Students write and edit a solutions journalism video news package, complete with three to four essential on-camera interviews and b-roll.
- The full piece is presented to professional guest evaluators at the end of the semester.