Radio Curriculum

SECOND COURSE, FIRST GRADING PERIOD  —  9 weeks



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Weeks 1-2

Focus on Sound
2.1.0 “Ambience Matters”

Week 3

News: Billboards
2.2.0 “What Is a Billboard?”
2.2.1 Handout: “Billboard Vocabulary”

Weeks 4-5 News: Breaking News
2.3.0 “Covering a Breaking News Story”
2.3.1 Handout: “Say It Again: We Have Breaking News”
2.3.2 Handout: “Ethical Decisions and Pressing Deadlines”
2.4.0 “Writing an Intro for a Breaking News Story”
2.4.1 Handout: “Writing an Intro for a Breaking News Story Checklist”
Week 6 Focus on Sound: The Audio Interview
2.5.0 “How to Edit an Audio Interview”
2.5.1 Handout: “Listening to and Logging the Interview”
2.5.2 Handout: “Audio Interview Vocabulary”                      
          
Week 7  Radio History Revisited
2.6.0 “Pioneers and Legends of Radio”
2.6.1 Handout: “African-American Radio Pioneers and Legends”
2.6.2 Handout: “Guidelines for Research and Presentation, Radio Pioneers
and Legends”
2.6.3 Handout: “Suggested Outline for In-class Pioneers and Legends
‘Live’ Presentation”
Week 8End-of-Term Project: Repackaging for Audio Options
2.7.0 “Take This Assignment and Spin It Many Directions”
2.8.0 “Radio Broadcast II, First Term Project: Take This Assignment
and Spin It Many Directions”
Week 9

Presentation of End-of-Term Project

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