Truman State University News 36 is a weekly student-produced television news program broadcast at Truman State University and throughout the Kirksville community. The show is entirely student-run and funded through the University and advertising revenue. News 36 has continually broadcasted since 1985.
News 36 broadcasts about 14 episodes each academic semester, making about 28 each year. The show airs on campus channel 36 every Tuesday at 5:30pm, 9:00pm, 10:00pm and on Wednesday morning at 2:00am. For off-campus students and community members, News 36 airs through Kirksville's Public Access channel, Channel 3 on Wednesday 5:30pm, 9:00pm, 10:00pm; Thursday at 2:00am, 5:30pm, 9:00pm, 10:00pm; and Friday morning at 2:00am.
News 36 primarily broadcasts news about the campus and Kirksville, but occasionally relies on wire services to provide state and national news.
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2 Recognition 3 Competition 4 Quality Standards 5 See also 6 External Links |
Membership
Staff members of News 36 attend conferences sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), The Missouri Broadcast Educator's Association (MBEA), Broadcast Educator's Association (BEA), the National Association of Television Production Executives (NATPE), the Radio Telvision News Director's Association (RTNDA) and many belong to the Truman chapter of SPJ.
Recognition
News 36 has won regional and national awards through SPJ and MBEA, including awards for best video and audio package, best documentary, best commercial advertisment and best convergence (with the Index and 88.7 The Edge).
'Competition
News 36 broadcasts in the same DMA as the local KTVO, ABC affiliate station. News 36 however is not really in competition with the network station. News 36 concentrates most of the broadcast on campus information, KTVO provides a great deal more national news coverage and broadcasts every night.
Quality standards
News 36 follows the RTNDA Broadcast style rules and has used these in conjunction with local and campus names to create a News 36 style guide.
News 36 also features an online site hosted by Truman State University. The site, News36.truman.edu, features the week's broadcast broken into clips of each story. In addition the web site also hosts the archives of old broadcasts and additional information.
News 36 is a member of the Truman Media Network (TMN); a coalition between the Index, KTRM FM and Detours to provide news coverage using all available media outlets.
See also
External Links
news36.truman.edu (currently under construction)