The course provides the student with the theoretical and practical skills needed for broadcast news production. Some of the topics to be covered include the nature of news, broadcast news, news sources, writing for broadcast, interviewing skills, news programme, presenting news, news reading mechanics, news production, producing the radio newscast, producing news for TV, delivering news, the studio today and radio tomorrow, finding a producing job. An educational tour in media houses. Three lecture hours and one session of three hours practicum each week.