RADIO Mindanao Networks, Inc., the largest radio network in the Philippines, has partnered with the Saint Mutien College in Pampanga and the Benita & Catalino Yap Foundation to offer an apprenticeship-based Broadcast Journalism course through the Asian Finishing School of STM.
Anchored on the idea that actual work, beyond on-the-job training or practicum, is the best preparation for a job in Broadcast Journalism, students at the AFS will be exposed to all disciplines that may be found in a radio, TV, satellite, online, or cable broadcast network.
These include research, music programming, administration, field reporting, news desk, anchoring, marketing and sales, production, and other assignments.
As a blended program, the course includes both live and media-based instruction and interaction.
It will cover a review of relevant theoretical and historical knowledge and information, a briefing on relevant industry jobs and responsibilities, mentoring and tutoring by industry professionals, individual and group training, instruction and discussion.
staying in the location of a broadcast station such as Dagupan, Naga, Manila, and others, as well as field exposure, and formal classroom lectures.
The full curriculum is composed of four quadsems and a summer term, with enrollment and graduation depending on the results of oral and written vetting.
The inaugural term will be in the summer of 2018 followed by the regular quadsems beginning September. Enrollment starts in February 2018. For more information, e-mail AFS at asianfinishingschool@gmail.com