Broadcast Journalism School at New York Film Academy

NYFA's Broadcast Journalism Program is offered at our New York Campus only.

Broadcast Journalism School

The New York Film Academy's Broadcast Journalism School is dedicated to training the next generation of journalists for the realities of 21st century journalism. In the past few decades, the focus of journalism has shifted to become an increasingly visual medium. Broadcast reporters and anchors are most people's primary source of news, which makes broadcast journalism a competitive and extremely rewarding profession.


The New York Film Academy's Broadcast Journalism School was founded in collaboration with NBC News. Like all of the New York Film Academy's programs, the curriculum melds academic learning with practical, hands-on training. NYFA is considered a leading broadcast journalism school, emphasizing a professional mix of skills that allow students to become competitive in an always-challenging industry while at the same time instilling an appreciation of the ethical concerns that differentiate journalism from other professions.

Our instructors have worked on platforms as diverse as “ABC World News Tonight,” “PBS NewsHour,” “NBC Nightly News,” and Fox News Channel, as well as Vice and The New York Times video website. Our graduates have gone on to work as reporters, anchors, presenters, and producers at local and national TV outlets across the United States — and the world. In 2016, one alumna and one student-journalist were accredited by the White House Press Corps and chosen to accompany President Barack Obama to the 2016 NATO Heads-of-State Summit in Poland — making history as the first student-journalists to travel with the president of the United States.

NYFA’s New York City location affords aspiring journalists a huge variety of professional options and challenges students to become resourceful digital reporters who can handle every aspect of covering a story.

Broadcast Journalism Tools

As part of NYFA's Broadcast Journalism School's focus on professional preparation, students will gain familiarity with modern tools and technologies. Contemporary broadcast journalists are expected to be multimedia journalists (MMJs), capable of researching, writing, shooting, producing, and editing their own stories. Since reporting is often done alone or in small teams, it's important for aspiring reporters to have a solid understanding of all aspects of the production process. In our mission to be one of the best broadcast journalism schools, we instill a holistic understanding of broadcast journalism. This means building technical skills alongside creative ones.

Equipment and Facilities

The core of the New York Film Academy’s Broadcast Journalism program is learning to work both behind and in front of the camera. Students work with industry-standard DSLR cameras, learning to shoot in a variety of styles and circumstances to prepare them for the unpredictable challenges in the field. After shooting their projects, students are responsible for editing them. Nonlinear digital editing software gives students total control over the final presentation of their work.

On top of shooting and editing stories, broadcast journalism students work in a variety of positions in a studio space specifically designed for our school. Students take turns handling key on-camera and control room assignments, as well as shadowing industry professional who explain the intricacies of working in a deadline-driven industry.

One-year broadcast journalism students also learn the skills associated with personal journalism, including dynamic first-person narratives and highly visual "explainers" like those found on popular digital news sites such as Vice, Wired, Vox, Quartz and AJ+. In addition, one-year students benefit from exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of major network production facilities.

Broadcast Journalism Classes

Students interested in taking a broadcast journalism class can enroll in one throughout the year. To learn more about the start dates and tuition rates, please click here.

Broadcast Journalism Courses

Depending on the workshop or program, New York Film Academy broadcast journalism courses may include:

Broadcast Journalism	Hands-on Audio	Hands-on Camera and Lighting
Production Workshop	Non-Linear Editing	The Interview Profile
Special Topics	VO	Broadcast Journalism Workshop
The News Package	The Special Report	The Feature Story
In-Studio Production	On-Camera Anchoring	Creating a Resume Reel

Broadcast Journalism Workshops

The New York Film Academy offers the following intensive short-term broadcast journalism workshops:

• 4-Week Broadcast Journalism Workshop
• 8-Week Broadcast Journalism Workshop
• 12-Week Evening Broadcast Journalism Workshop

Broadcast Journalism Programs

In addition to our shorter workshops, the New York Film Academy offers an intensive one-year conservatory program for students wishing to spend a year in NYC immersing themselves in the many demands and facets of broadcast journalism:

• 1-Year Broadcast Journalism Program

Broadcast Journalism Faculty

NYFA’s Broadcast Journalism School boasts a prestigious and experienced faculty of professional award-winning journalists who have covered some of the most important events in recent history. Our faculty possesses decades of working experience as producers, directors, and reporters for such legendary networks as NBC, ABC, PBS, and CBS. One aspect that sets our school of broadcast journalism apart is that the majority of our faculty members continue to remain active in the industry, allowing them to update students on the latest developments within broadcast journalism while providing them with hands-on instruction in and out of the classroom. Faculty includes:

	Bill Einreinhofer: As the chair of the broadcast journalism school, Einreinhofer brings decades of experience as a broadcast journalist and is an Emmy-winning producer, director, and writer. He developed and produced programming for “PBS NewsHour,” “Good Morning America,” “60 Minutes,” Discovery and HBO. In addition, he served as the series producer for an international four-part documentary series tied to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and he was the senior producer of “New Jersey Nightly News.”
	Robert Ferraro: Possessing over 40 years of experience in local and national news, Ferraro has worked at both NBC and ABC. An Emmy Award-winning news producer, Ferraro earned recognition for his work as a broadcast news writer, editor, special reports producer, broadcast line producer, and documentary producer.
	Bob Haberl: Having worked in journalism for more than 40 years, Haberl first cut his teeth working as a radio tech during the Watergate scandal when he was right out of college. He went on to work as a television reporter in Jacksonville, Florida, and Philadelphia before becoming an executive producer at ABC News. While there, he covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to Nelson Mandela's release from prison, helping him to earn seven Emmy Awards.

Broadcast Journalism Alumni

Over the years, the Broadcast Journalism School at the New York Film Academy has proudly graduated numerous successful alumni whose hard work has helped them to achieve their career goals. Our graduates have gone on to a wide range of careers, including work at national broadcast networks, local TV stations, and digital news services.

Career Opportunities

By enrolling in the Broadcast Journalism School at the New York Film Academy, students learn the professional-level skills that can help them pursue success in their industry. Below are some of the positions and networks in which our alumni have worked:

Producer	Writer	Host
Editor	Director	News Reporter
Associate Producer	Digital Editor	Senior Producer
Assignment Editor	News Writer	Broadcast Engineer

Contact Us

For students who wish to learn more about the Broadcast Journalism School at the New York Film Academy, please call our offices at +1 (212) 674-4300 or click on the below links.

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