WHEN Thursday, August 31 6:30-9:30 pm WHERE mediabistro.com 494 Broadway (Spring & Broome) New York, NY 10012 WHO Anyone interested in learning about or breaking into TV news production PRICE $65 ($50 for ) more info

Course Details

Sure, it sounds glamorous, but what exactly does a TV news producer do? To what extent is the producer the author of the piece he or she is working on? How many people work on a piece? How much authority does the producer have? And how does one go about producing? To be a great news producer, you have to really love the job. How else are you going to keep crazy hours? Have a miniscule social life? Drop everything when news breaks on your vacation?

• What producers do
• How to find a story, do research, and set up a shoot
• What field producing is
• How writing a broadcast news script differs from print journalism
• What makes a news script great
• How to write to picture
• How to break in

Instructor Bio

Chad Ruble's Courses

As a senior producer for Reuters TV, Chad Ruble runs the New York bureau, overseeing the production of multiple television news stories for Reuters international broadcast clients. Before joining Reuters as a producer in 1998, Chad worked at NBC News as a researcher, assignment editor, and associate producer. His work has taken him to Ireland, Croatia, and, most recently, Iraq. Reuters Television, which operates like a wire service for video news stories, provides footage to most major broadcasters around the world and can be seen on www.reuters.com. He's married with one daughter and another child on the way.