Also known as BSN Original release 2005, 2010 | Genre College News Program | |
Location(s) Press Center
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Running time Biweekly 3 times per quarter Production company University of California, Santa Cruz | ||
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Banana Slug News is a broadcast news program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a subset of Student Media at UCSC, the news group broadcasts live on UCSC's on-campus television station, SCTV Channel 28.
Contents
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- Format
- Features
- Banana Slug News
- Previous Executive Producers
- References
BSN was created in December 2004 by a group of Film and Digital Media students seeking production opportunities otherwise not provided by the University. BSN became a community studies class in Fall 2005 (2 units of course credit were originally awarded in Spring 2005) as a way to receive course credit for time and energy put into the laborious broadcast. As of Winter 2010, BSN ceased receiving its university funding and became an independent, student-run journalism program.
Banana Slug News is the only television news source on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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Format
Three times a quarter news team members film, write, edit, and produce segments on news pertaining to the campus and surrounding communities.
Anchored through the use of a virtual set, current events are intercut with prerecorded news pieces ranging from voice-over recaps of events to full-length investigative news reports.
Features
The main core of the program features news developments from the two weeks between production nights.
There are two reoccurring features:
SlugCenter - an anchored segment that delivers UCSC sports highlights and upcoming home and away events.
Global News - A prerecorded segment where news from around the world is reported on.