Course Overview
- Title:
- Video News Editing: The Remixer Game
- Type:
- Self-Directed Course
- Time Estimate:
- This course takes about an hour to complete.
About Self-Directed Courses
In a self-directed course, you can start and stop whenever you like, progressing entirely at your own pace and going back as many times as you want to review the material.
A variety of complex decisions go into producing television news broadcasts.
This course puts the power of video news editing in your hands, so you can see how the choices you make shape the message you send.
You can create your own news stories by editing a wide variety of TV clips, including U.S. and international in-depth reports; news talk programs; and breaking news items.
By producing your own news segments, you'll see how the choices you make can shape others' opinions about issues in the news and can define the public agenda.
You'll also be a smarter news consumer because you'll learn how to evaluate and decode messages in other news stories and in other media.
What Will I Learn:
Upon completing this course, you will understand how TV news:
- Can tell a detailed and accurate story of a day’s event.
- Can work within time constraints and limitations.
- Can remain balanced and credible, accurate and complete.
Who should take this course:
This course is for anyone who watches news and wants to understand how news shapes public opinion. We also have a special section for educators, with sample activities, assignments, discussion questions and worksheets.
Training Partner:
Link TV
Link TV -- News Without Borders broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world.
Technical Requirements:
For this course you will need to have at least version 9.0 of the Flash plugin installed. For the best experience, we suggest that:
- PC users use Internet Explorer or Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox
- Mac users use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox or Safari
- you set your monitor resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher
- you use a high-speed connection