MEDIA PRODUCTION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Program overview Media production and entrepreneurship majors will learn the video and audio production skills needed to create narrative, informational and entertainment content within an entrepreneurial perspective that challenges them to create innovative media content, integrate strategic decision-making into their media creation and explore business opportunities that may arise from these new approaches. PROFESSOR JOE MICHAELS, HPU's Broadcaster in Residence, is an eight-time Emmy award-winning director who has been an industry innovator as an in-studio and live-event television director. Prior to joining HPU, he directed the Today Show for 22 years, recently directed the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics and spent over 40 years at NBC news and NBC sports. Michaels has also lent his expertise to feature film and television entertainment projects as a consulting director. As a motivating leader of live and tape telecasts, Michaels has guided production and engineering teams not only inside the studio but also in many difficult-to-reach remote locations. Michaels is considered one of the premier directors in television. He also directed the first-ever live broadcast of a brain surgery for the National Geographic Channel in 2016.
DAVID NEAL, a 34-time Emmy award-winning producer, Fox’s World Cup Coordinator and one of the most decorated figures of sports television, serves as chairman of the NQSC Advisory Board. Neal worked at NBC for 30 years where he produced nine Olympic Games, four NBA Finals, two World Series and a Super Bowl pregame show. This work and more garnered his Emmy Awards. Now, he is the executive producer of the World Cup soccer coverage from 2015–2022 at FOX Sports.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION Britton Nagy was selected by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to receive a stipend that allowed her to travel to Norway’s Bastoy Island and report on a controversial criminal punishment system that’s receiving international attention. Britton is a communication major with a concentration in electronic media production.
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