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TEACHING ACTIVITY

“ Teaching and mentoring students is our first priority. The Department strives to provide students an educational experience that will transform them into accomplished globally aware leaders."

                                                                    Core Values Dept. of Media, Journalism and Film

As of AY 2017-2018 I have taught for five years in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film.  I have introduced new strategies for students by creating and amending courses.  My classes emphasize information retention, storytelling, ethics, and practice. I have invited a plethora of guests to my classes including news executives and media professionals, and have provided opportunities for learning outside of the classroom via field trips. My students have been able to successfully transition from classroom to the newsroom, and several have returned to visit with current students. They are armed with knowledge, confidence and the CHSOC motto, "Excellence Without Excuse!"

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This page includes the following categories:

Teaching Philosophy | Course Development | Praxis & Pedagogy | Student Achievement/ Special Guests | Peer/Administrator Evaluations | and Course Syllabi.  

 

Student Evaluations may be found HERE.

Teaching Philosophy

Documentation

Please click on the attached document to view my teaching philosophy.

Course Development

Course Name

Highlights

INTRODUCTION OF NEW COURSES

Public Affairs Reporting | Public Affairs Reporting - Broadcast

  • Created new course as part of transition outlined in the new (since 2014) Media, Journalism, and Film Journalism curriculum guide

  • Created syllabus for course with Prof. Keith Harriston, focusing on awareness of societal policies, politics, and storytelling for government and public affairs

  • Researched similar courses at other institutions

  • Created desired outcomes for the course to maintain a smooth transition to other journalism courses

COURSE REORGANIZATION

NARRATIVE

NewsVision Lab

Multimedia Storytelling

Read the full Course Development Narrative 

  • Over the course of the past five years I have made significant revisions in course structure and outcomes including:

  • Transitioning course from 3-credit to 6-credit course; restructured course; added additional lab work, multimedia assignments

  • Added field trips so that students could learn more about production as well as the history of media and journalism

  • Spearheaded the successful completion of commercially-broadcast newscasts in the coveted Washington, DC, metropolitan television market. 

  • Gained sponsorship from NBCUniversal for sponsorship of December 2016 broadcast

  • Worked with Assistant Chair Nigel Martin to update WHUT Studio A - with a new set and control room equipment.

  • Adding media/journalism ethics as a major component of the course

  • Coordinated with management of WHUT to broadcast student’s individual reports on air during news programming to more than 2 Million viewing households

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  • Updated syllabus to add more multimedia components including ePortfolios, audio and video assignments

  • Focused on news writing techniques

  • Introduced writing for broadcast; script formatting

  • Discussed importance of diversity in newsgathering and storytelling

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Praxis & Pedagogies

Highlights

I have taken great consideration in making sure I combine praxis with pedagogy in my coursework. Links to visual stories can be found by clicking the highlighted links. Information on Assessments may be found in the narrative attachment.

TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

Highlights

CREATIVE OUTCOMES

Highlights

POLITICAL COVERAGE | BREAKING NEWS

Highlights

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION

Highlights

NARRATIVE

Read the full Praxis & Pedagogies Narrative 

  • Rundown Creator- Content Management news software designed to produce an industry-standard newscast/broadcast

  • Blackmagic (industry-standard) production software to technically produce media productions and newscasts

  • Tricaster production software- students become proficient with “production in a box” software allowing them production technology for newscasts 

  • ePortfolios- Content Management Design for students to produce original websites featuring their body of coursework.  

  • Multimedia Assignments - students conceptualize, pitch, write, shoot and edit stories for a variety of platforms including digital, radio, and broadcast.

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  • NNPA - Students produce quality current-event stories are shared with more than 200 National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) member publications on Howard University News Service

  • HUNS - Students share work on Howard University News Service, comprised of original reporting by students.

  • WHUT- Some students’ work has been broadcast on WHUT TV to more than 2Million viewers in Washington metropolitan area

  • Newscast- NewsVision capstone students produce news segments as well as complete 30-minute newscasts, serving in ALL roles from reporter and anchor to director and floor camera

  • Promos- Capstone students work in teams to create original :30 promos for the NewsVision newscast.

  • Students have covered a variety of political and breaking news stories as credentialed journalists some of them include:

  • White House coverage - students are selected to serve as credential journalists alongside other professionals to cover events at the White House and on Capitol Hill.

  • Congressional Black Caucus - students are pre-assigned topics and serve as credentialed reporters for the CBC Foundations’ Legislative Conferences

  • 2014 Midterm Elections - students cover issue-related stories leading up to the election and serve as credential reporters on Election Day for HUNS.

  • 2016 Democratic National Convention - Philadelphia, PA​

  • Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center - Coverage of Study Abroad 

  • Truth Be Told - Coverage of some of the myths in the African American Community

  • 2016 Presidential Elections- students report on day-of deadline stories during the historic elections. 

  • Suspected gunman on campus, snow storms,national marches, etc

Student Achievement | Special Guests

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Student Achievement: Several of the students from my capstone, NewsVision course have made significant strides in their young careers. Please click the attached photo document to view some of their achievements.

One of my classes was also featured in article in the Chronicle of Higher Education

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NewsVision Graduates: By combining the practical with the theoretical, the students leave my courses with my personal goal: to have them prepared to move “from classroom to newsroom, control room" or continue in higher education. View graduate successes by clicking the attached photo document

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Special Guests: Each semester, I welcome a wide array of guests who share impactful information with the students. View some of my guests by clicking  the attached photo document. 

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Peer / Administrator Evaluations

Below are Peer and Administrator Evaluations for courses reviewed by the MJFC Departmental Chair, Peer faculty, and the Office of the Dean.  

Fall 2016

CourseEvaluated

Semester

Documentation

Prof. Mark Beckford, Assist. Prof., MJFC - Faculty

NewsVision Lab

Spring 2016

Dr Judi Latta

Professor, MJFC

APT Cmte

Public Affairs Reporting-Bdcast

Spring 2016

Dr. Wilhelmina Wright-Harp, Associate Dean -  Administrator

Public Affairs Reporting- Bdcast

Spring 2016

Spring 2016

CourseEvaluated

Semester

Documentation

Prof. Yanick Rice Lamb

MJFC Dept Chair

NewsVision Lab

Dr Judi Latta

Professor, MJFC

APT Cmte

Public Affairs Reporting-Bdcast

Fall 2016

Fall 2016

Spring 2018

CourseEvaluated

Semester

Documentation

Prof. Mark Beckford, Assist. Prof., MJFC - Faculty

Multimedia Storytelling

Dr Judi Latta

Professor, MJFC

APT Cmte

NewsVision Lab

Prof. Yanick Rice Lamb

MJFC Dept Chair

NewsVision Lab

Spring 2018

Spring 2018

Spring 2018

Course Syllabi

Below are my course syllabi from Fall 2013 to Spring 2018. To view my student evaluations, CLICK HERE

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Fall 2013

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Broadcast Journalism I       JOUR 311 02                             5                                                          

Broadcast Journalism II      JOUR 312 02                             9                         

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NewsVision Lab                  JOUR 313 01                            17                         

Spring 2014

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Broadcast Journalism I       JOUR 311 02                             11                                                                                

Broadcast Journalism II      JOUR 312 02                             15   

   

NewsVision Lab                  JOUR 313 01                             14       

Fall 2014

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Broadcast Journalism I       JOUR 311 02                             14                                                                                     

Broadcast Journalism II      JOUR 312 02                             15                                                                                

NewsVision Lab                  JOUR 313 01                             16                                                        

Spring 2015

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Broadcast Journalism I       JOUR 311 02                            11                                                                                              

Broadcast Journalism II      JOUR 312 01                            14                                                                                           

NewsVision Lab                  JOUR 313 01                            12

Fall 2015

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

                                                                                                

 

Broadcast Journalism II      JOUR 312 01                            15                                                                                             

NewsVision Lab                  JOUR 313 01                            12                                                                                 

Spring 2016

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Public Affairs Reporting BJ MJFC 313 01                             15                                                                                            

 

NewsVision Lab                  JOUR 313 01                            15                                                                                        

Fall 2016

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Public Affairs ReportingBJ  MJFC 313 02                             14                                                                                            

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NewsVision Lab                  MJFC 460 01                             8   *6 credits                                                                                

Spring 2017

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Public Affairs ReportingBJ  MJFC 313 01                             16

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NewsVision Lab                  MJFC 460 01                             12    *6 credits

                                                                  

Fall 2017

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Note                                                                                    

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NewsVision Lab                  MJFC 460 01                             13   *6 credits

                                                                   

Spring 2018

Course

Course No.

Enrollment

Documentation

Multimedia Storytelling        MJFC 201 02                             2

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Capstone: News Vision       MJFC 460 01                             9    *6 credits

                                                                   

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