Program Description In this program, you will get a well-rounded set of skills in our all-platform newsroom in Loyalist’s new Digital Media Centre. You will:
Develop hands-on skills in research, writing and interviewing. Use digital tools and apps for gathering and sharing stories, video, social media and interactive journalism. Create newscasts for the federally licensed College radio station, 91X. Work with a team of student reporters, ENG shooters, producers, anchors and editors to produce a web-based television newscast. Publish original work for the student-produced community online news service, QNet News (qnetnews.ca). Learn with guest speakers from the community and from large market radio stations, newspapers and TV networks. Cap off your studies with on-the-job experience during an eight-week field placement. Placements have been completed at newsgathering organizations across the country including the Winnipeg Free Press, Windsor Star, Bracebridge Examiner/Gravenhurst Banner, CHEX-TV and CTV.
