Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Television News
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish,
Teaching staff
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Introduction
The television language, like other languages, has a syntax and grammar. Understanding the use of this language as a transmitter of expressions, content and business strategies is critical to the future of the "journalist".
The news programs are the backbone of mainstream television. It is these programs that show citizens the everyday realities around us. Journalists and communicators have the social mission of providing immediacy and read into the news. Only with proper preparation you can provide citizens with quality information.
This course is intended to apply this language to the television sector and, more specifically, to the informative television, and to the different ways in which the small screen is reality.
Pre-course requirements
To have passed the Filming course.
Objectives
- To understand how television media operate and the main professional dynamics involved in the production of news content.
- To become familiar with the routines, stages and processes involved in the planning, production, directing and editing of television news programmes.
- To identify and apply the main expressive and formal resources used in television production, including image, sound, editing, audiovisual storytelling and narrative construction.
- To master the practical production and direction of a television news programme.
Syllabus
- Television news formats
- Production and development of a television programme
- Scriptwriting, television production and staging
- Editing and post-production
Bibliography and resources
OWENS, Jim (2025). Television Production (18th ed.). Routledge.
BIGNELL, Jonathan; ORLEBAR, Jeremy; and HOLLAND, Pat (2015). The New Television Handbook (5th ed.). Routledge.
SILCOCK, B. William; HEIDER, Don; and ROGUS, Mary T. (2007). Managing Television News: A Handbook for Ethical and Effective Producing. Routledge.
- RTVE. RTVE Style Guide and the Corporation’s professional resources.
- Reuters. Handbook of Journalism.
- BBC. Editorial Guidelines.
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Standards and technical resources on audiovisual production and technology.