Arts, Audio/Video, Communications – WVEIS#1684
Engage Your Audience with Photos, Video, Sound, Graphics, and Text.
The goal of communication is to inform and entertain. In the communications industry today, you need to do both. Students in this program get hands-on experience with telling stories across multiple media. Find the stories you want to tell through journalism and creative writing. Make your stories more engaging with design, photography, and video. Then publish them in print, the web, and on mobile devices. Get your work seen through online and social media marketing. Do all this in Multimedia Publishing at JRTI!
Work for someone else, or build your own brand and self-publish. Build an exciting future in the communications industry with your creativity. The opportunities are greater than ever for those who have the skills to capture an audience’s attention.
What You Will Do in the Class
Shoot portrait, product, and macro photography. Design products to be sold in the school’s online store. Create a Youtube channel with branding and a trailer video. Write blog articles. Design and print jobs for the school including T-shirts. Build a website for your portfolio.
Skills You Will Learn
Photography, Recording and Editing Video and Audio, Basic Motion Graphics and 2D Animation, Media Writing, Graphic Design, Web Design, and Screen Printing T-shirts
Tools You Will Use
DSLR cameras , computers with Adobe Creative Cloud software, laser and inkjet printers, laminator, bindery tools, heat presses
This program has first-year and second-year students working together in the same class. The curriculum alternates between even and odd number years so that everyone can be in the same course.
Related Job Titles
- Photojournalist
- Production Assistant
- Videographer
- Editor
- Digital Media Specialist
- Social Media Marketer
- Graphic Artist
- Animator
- Web Designer
Related College Programs
Communication Studies
WVU – Morgantown, WV
Online Journalism
Marshall University – Huntington, WV
Communication Arts
Hood College – Frederick, MD
Interactive Design for Media
WVU- Morgantown, WV
Communication and New Media
Shepherd University – Shepherdstown, WV
Our Happy Students
I am so happy to have taken this class because my teacher is able to explain things in a way that is exciting and easy to understand. He is a very fun teacher, and always open to learning from us as much as we learn from him. He believes that every student has creativity and with the right guidance and skills learned here you will be able to do whatever you want in life. This class gives many opportunities and prepares you for more than anyone can imagine. Everything I have learned and built on couldn’t be done without Mr. Morgan.
Applications for our high school programs are only open for a short term, usually from September through December. Please talk to your guidance counselor about the possibility of applying if the application period has already closed.