Tomball Memorial High School – Advanced Broadcast Journalism

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

Advanced Broadcast Journalism I, II, III (JRN3100, JRN2000, JRN3010) Students need to be critical viewers, consumers, and producers of media. The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms is an important part of language development. High school students enrolled in this course will apply and use their journalistic skills for a variety of purposes. Students will learn the laws and ethical considerations that affect broadcast journalism; learn the role and function of broadcast journalism; critique and analyze the significance of visual representations; and learn to produce by creating a broadcast journalism product. Students will learn, through a variety of video production experiences, the power of the medium, examine issues of fairness and objectivity, make critical thinking decisions on a regular basis, and gain an overall understanding of modern news‐gathering techniques. These students will produce videos such as documentaries, student announcements for the school, live webcasts of events (sports, graduation and others), and document the school year in video.