Penn State College of Communications comMedia

Pam Becker enjoys playtime with her 22-month-old daughter, Louisia Becker, at the Centre Grounds' Mondays FUN-days on January 18, 2010. The Beckers are from State College. The organization holds their weekly playgroup at Christ Community Church from 9:30 to 11:30 and welcomes all families with children age 5 and under.
—Erica Wallace
Senior
Journalism/Visual

This week we are featuring photography from Comm 269 photojournalism classes taught by Steve Manuel and John Beale. Just click refresh to load a new picture at the top of this page, or you can view a wider selection of images by photojournalism students in the single images gallery.

Multimedia students also produced some memorable end of the semester profiles. Andrew McGill took a light-hearted approach to documenting Penn State's bakery (don't miss the Birth of a Cookie video at the bottom of the page). Fiorella Otero helped us see the world from a 4-foot-5 point of view, Laura Shay spent some time with a zany local DJ and his Morning Zoo crew, and Ricardo Morales got inside the head of a philosophical long distance runner. On a more serious note, Alexandra Petri reports on a therapeutic foster parent who specializes in the care of children with special needs and David Reinbold profiles a 19-year-old learning to live with Lupus. All 20 projects produced this semester are included in the multimedia projects index.

The weekly student video broadcast Centre County Report wrapped up its fall semester season with this show on Dec. 11. Featured stories include efforts to clear crows from the University Park campus, holiday shopping tips, a how-to story on Dumpster diving for food, a weather forecast and sports. To see some of the top broadcast stories of the semester, check out the television story showcase.

In-depth written profiles produced for The Lions Roar and ComMedia may be downloaded in .pdf format from feature stories.

Regular reports -- Skim through an archive of daily radio reports by Comm 360 students.

 

Broadcast Television

Broadcast television students get hands-on experience at Penn State, learning the skills needed to tell stories from the field and in the studio. Top students produce programming for the Centre County Report and the Big Ten Network.

Broadcast Radio

Broadcast radio students gain practical experience recording in the field and in the studio. More than 200 students staff Internet-based ComRadio, the official radio station of the College of Communications.

Photojournalism

Penn State photojournalism courses are designed to promote critical thinking and develop visual story telling skills in the context of a rapidly changing technological environment.