JOUR 481 Practicum in Television News: Newsbeat Course teaches all facets of planning and executing a local news program: ideas, story assignment, shooting, research, interviewing, editing, anchoring, and stand-ups. Students gain experience in breaking news, sports, weather, entertainment, and enterprise packages. Broadcast Journalism students, in cooperation with advanced students enrolled in Cinema and Television Arts' Directing and Production: Live Broadcast, produce the live, twice-weekly Newsbeat.