Education

TV-10 is not a club – you can’t join it.  But it’s an active, authentic newsroom that provides a great learning environment.
Students working at TV-10 are Journalism and Mass Media majors.
In 100-level classes (COM 163 TV Production and COM 167 Broadcast News), students take entry-level roles in the daily live shows and get accustomed to the newsroom and control room.
At the 200-level (COM 263 Advanced TV Production and COM 267 Broadcast News II), students are the frontline of TV-10’s newsgathering, as reporters and photographers in the field. TV-10 crews cover stories all over campus and all around the Twin Cities of Bloomington and Normal.
At the 300-level (Professional Practice), students get opportunities to earn leadership roles – producing a segment, directing a live show and/or moving to more challenging field assignments. At this level, students can choose their focus each semester: News, Sports or Features. Students in each of these units work together to create content for the live 30-minute shows, and for this website.

Students in the 300-level Mass Media course learn to direct the various live shows. They start by doing a segment and work up to handling the entire broadcast.
Students in the 300-level Journalism course start their work at 7:30am in the TV-10 newsroom, gathering stories, writing scripts, and producing the 5 newscasts each week.
Journalism students use JVC 100-level cameras when shooting in the field.
Students in the Mass Media major use JVC 700-series cameras, which allow for more adjustment of light, color and iris.
200-level journalism students often "front" their stories in the studio during the live shows at noon.
Students work in the control room during a live show.
Students in the 200 and 300 levels of Mass Media classes learn to operate the TriCaster, and control all the inputs for the 8 live shows.
Students work in the control room during a live show.
Students in the 300-level Journalism class produce segments and entire shows:  newscasts, talk shows, sports shows and more.
Students in the 300-level Mass Media course will make graphics for the live shows, sponsorships and more. They use Motion and PhotoShop.
At the 200 level, both journalism and mass media students work as Multimedia Journalists (MMJs), covering stories around campus and the community.
Students get one-on-one training on cameras, interviewing and editing during the early weeks of each semester.
Students use Inception and Xpression to write scripts and make graphics.  13+ edit stations are linked.
Students in the 100-level Mass Media course run studio cameras and floor direct for the live shows.  Each student works twice each week.
Students in the 100-level Journalism class may be selected to present the weather segment once a week.  They use FinalCut Pro X to make graphics to support their forecast.
Students in the 200 level Mass Media class learn to run Audio for the live shows.  They work twice each week.
Students in the 300-level Journalism course can choose to be on specialty shows like Ten on 10 or the SportsZone.