Journ 61

"Before You Shoot Off Your Mouth, Make Sure Your Brains Are Loaded." Abe Lincoln

needed skills for jobs

Journalism Careers or Not?

Good writing skills are in great demand in many professional jobs. Broadcast journalism writing fine tunes your critical thinking, and teaches you how to be more precise and conversational in approach.

Shooting Video Like Pros

Everybody has a camera phone and shoots pictures. Professionals in electronic media use critical thinking when framing a shot and recording video sequences. Lighting knowledge and clever creative shots are somethings you must practice to perfect.

Our Reach

College is the starting point for making MANY decisions about future jobs. Developing your interests along with a wide range of skills will make you versatile and marketable. Position your future to have several options.

AFTER SPRING BREAK 2025- sjsu STUDENT TV NEWSCAST

UPDATE NEWS - TV JOURNALISM SINCE THE 1958

An award-winning television newscast produced and anchored by JMC students. It has been broadcast regularly for more than 50 years, often cited as the top student newscast in the state. It airs across Northern California and is streamed globally online. A new HDTV studio and breaking news desk will allow students to report news worldwide as it happens.

TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE IN COLLEGE

Thanks to a 2013 gift of $8.7 million by Jack and Emma Anderson, the original printers of the campus newspaper The Spartan Daily, the Journalism School initiated a major technology upgrade to insure future students will have new technologies to showcase their individual skills and abilities in electronic media.

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

In the 1990s, a newspaper journalism major said he was someday going to cover national sports. In 2023 Marc Spears was inducted in the NBA Hall of Fame as a sportswriter. SJSU awarded him the national William Randolph Hearst Award as a role model from the Class of 1995 for excellence in print, online & broadcast journalism.

TV NEWS TALKs CANDIDLY ABOUT WHAT'S TIMELY & interesting

DOING RESEARCH FOR FACTS

Journalists pay close attention to what's on people's mind, and what the public cares about. Then they do research to find pertinent facts and information from reliable sources to include in their updated stories. Opinions may be included but more than one side is always needed.

WHY THE MIDDLE EAST WAR MATTERS

On October 7, 2024, Hamas attacked Israel. Since then, thousands of people on both the Israeli and the Palestinian side have lost their lives in the current bloody the conflict. This video briefly explains what the conflict is about, and talks a bit about the history of the region.

HOW JOURNALISTS DIFFER AND MATTER

Research shows that most people don't learn much from incidental encounters with news. On social media, some people follow news accounts and regularly see news in their feeds, while others do not. About 1-in-5 Americans regularly get news from influencers on social media today. But what is a news influencer and how do they engage with audiences differently?

ask questions & BE CURIOUS

Be Ready Always To FIND OUT MORE!

Prof. Rucker loves interactive class meetings where everyone is called on and heard.

Develop questions in advance for him. Be curious, assertive & SPEAK UP!

"Impress For Success!" starts in college.

BOB RUCKER HONORED

San Francisco television station KPIX 5 aired a video profile of Prof. Bob Rucker's nearly 50 years of service to broadcast TV news nationwide. See the report:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1OzI1qPQBE

SF EMMY AWARDS

Professors Kevin Wing and Bob Rucker are currently members of the Board of Governors for the San Francisco Chapter of the National Television Academy of Arts & Sciences.

See Their Media Profiles:

https://emmysf.tv/about-us-2/board-of-governors-2-2/

NEWS WRITING OPENS UP CAREER OPTIONS!

BREAKING NEWS

POPE FRANCIS DIES

WHY RELIGION IS NEWS

Prof bob's former students & COLLEGE media FUTURE SUCCESS STORIES!