Certificate Broadcast Journalism

Overview of our 1-Year Broadcast Journalism Program

NYFA's Broadcast Journalism Program is offered at our New York Campus only.


The New York Film Academy is training the next generation of journalists to be prepared to navigate the evolving landscape of journalism in the 21st Century. Working with top broadcast and investigative journalists, NYFA created an intensive hands-on curriculum to educate those with a passion for investigating and reporting news to be multi-skilled, independent journalists who possess the varied skills necessary for modern broadcast television, cable, and the internet.

Students are introduced to cutting-edge digital technology and methods now used professionally in the field. Today’s journalists are expected to research, write, shoot, produce, edit, and even appear on camera in their own field reports and investigative segments. In small crews or even solo, these intrepid reporters are the fastest growing sector of the industry. Our journalism programs will challenge students to practice and develop these skills.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Through study and hands-on practice, NYFA students are trained in the fundamental principles, techniques, and craft of contemporary journalism through a combination of lecture, demonstration, in-class hands-on production, and project-based work. Each student produces a series of prerecorded news projects, shot both single and multi-camera and edited on Avid Media Composer.

Students who successfully complete this program will have learned to research, produce, shoot, write, report, narrate, and edit news projects suitable for broadcast and the internet. The first semester provides a foundation in journalistic skills in this digital age that students apply to more advanced work in the second semester, where the focus is on NYFA News, our own biweekly news magazine. Students learn the process of show production as they rotate positions that include anchor, reporter, writer, producer and director.

Equipment and Facilities

The core of the New York Film Academy’s Broadcast Journalism program is learning to work both behind and in front of the camera. Students work with industry-standard DSLR cameras, learning to shoot in a variety of styles and circumstances to prepare them for the unpredictable challenges in the field. After shooting their projects, students are responsible for editing them. Nonlinear digital editing software gives students total control over the final presentation of their work.

On top of shooting and editing stories, broadcast journalism students work in a variety of positions in a studio space specifically designed for our school. Students take turns handling key on-camera and control room assignments, as well as shadowing industry professionals who explain the intricacies of working in a deadline-driven industry.

One-year broadcast journalism students also learn the skills associated with personal journalism, including dynamic first-person narratives and highly visual "explainers" like those found on popular digital news sites such as Vice, Wired, Vox, Quartz and AJ+. In addition, one-year students benefit from exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of major network production facilities.

Broadcast Journalism Faculty

NYFA’s Broadcast Journalism School boasts a prestigious and experienced faculty of professional award-winning journalists who have covered some of the most important events in recent history. Our faculty possesses decades of working experience as producers, directors, and reporters for such legendary networks as NBC, ABC, PBS, and CBS. One aspect that sets our school of broadcast journalism apart is that the majority of our faculty members continue to remain active in the industry, allowing them to update students on the latest developments within broadcast journalism while providing them with hands-on instruction in and out of the classroom. Faculty includes:

Bill Einreinhofer: As the chair of the broadcast journalism school, Einreinhofer brings decades of experience as a broadcast journalist and is an Emmy-winning producer, director, and writer. He developed and produced programming for “PBS NewsHour,” “Good Morning America,” “60 Minutes,” Discovery and HBO. In addition, he served as the series producer for an international four-part documentary series tied to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and he was the senior producer of “New Jersey Nightly News.”

Robert Ferraro: Possessing over 40 years of experience in local and national news, Ferraro has worked at both NBC and ABC. An Emmy Award-winning news producer, Ferraro earned recognition for his work as a broadcast news writer, editor, special reports producer, broadcast line producer, and documentary producer.