Department of Audio/Video/Film

When you think about "getting into the business" ? whether that business is television, film or radio ? you invariably arrive at one question: What does it take to get started? What do you need, more than anything else, to take your first step in an industry noted for its inaccessibility to newcomers? The answer: Experience. At the Department of Audio/ Video/Film, experience is exactly what our staff, facilities and resources have to offer in abundance.

Faculty ? Veteran producers from all fields of video production, including commercial, non-commercial, advertising and corporate. Award-winning directors. All of them accomplished and dedicated. All having proven their expertise. All with years ? some, even decades ? of experience. All for our students. All at Hofstra.

Facilities ? The largest non-commercial television sound stage on Long Island. State-of-the-art production and broadcast facilities. Video control rooms, better equipped than most TV network affiliates. Linear and nonlinear editing centers. (And yes, we?ll show you what the difference is.) A student operated radio station serving the greater Long Island area. George Dempster Hall for Communications is one of the premier facilities in the country.

The Audio/Radio Program prepares students for careers in radio broadcasting, writing, producing and programming. The program is affiliated with WRHU (88.7 FM). WRHU broadcasts 22 hours a day, year-round, commercial free, and reaches a potential audience of four million people throughout Long Island and New York City.

The Video/Television Program trains students in the latest technology, both analog and digital, in the areas of studio, field and post production. The studio and editing facilities of Dempster Hall are among the best in the Northeast.

Film Studies and Production majors have the opportunity to focus their studies on both the history of film in America and techniques for developing movie ideas, writing a script and cooperatively making a movie.

There is no aspect of existence more fundamental, more vital to communication, than human speech. At the Department of Speech Communication and Rhetorical Studies, the focus is not only on the spoken word?s role in expression, but on language?s role in everyday life. What could be more essential to your career than your ability to express your ideas clearly, firmly and effectively?

Of the 16 qualities for superior job performance identified by the U.S. Department of Labor, 10 are commonly studied in Hofstra?s Speech Communication discipline.

Learn all the skills necessary to perform and prosper in today?s team oriented companies: critical thinking, decision making, active listening, problem solving and reasoning, among others. Hofstra graduates go on to pursue careers in human resources, counseling or public administration. What?s more, two co-curricular activities ? the Speech and Debate Team, and the Performance Studio ? serve to augment students? abilities in ways classes alone cannot. Speak firmly. Speak clearly. Speak now.

Speak Hofstra.

At the Department of Journalism and Mass Media Studies, you will learn the real power of the written word. From print journalism to public relations, there is now more than ever a need for driven, trained professionals in these fields.

The Print and Broadcast Journalism program prepares students for careers in news writing, reporting and broadcasting. Courses in magazine writing and desktop publishing also open doors to almost any area of journalism.

Upon graduation, should you start to work for The New York Times or CBS News, chances are you?ll get to tell them a Hofstra faculty member said hello. Community weeklies, national newspapers, wire services, cable news networks ? a large number have not only hired Hofstra alumni, but have also produced many Hofstra faculty in return.

Students may also focus their efforts in the field of media studies. Here, you?ll learn all the intricacies of the mass media and its relationship to society ? from our perception of culture and events as filtered through television, to corporate-controlled news sources in the age of the mega merger. Our faculty represent more than 100 years of experience with leading newspapers and magazines and as well as major TV news networks.

The School of Communication offers many opportunities for you to question, challenge and gain experience outside of the classroom. To name just a few:

National Communication Association

Honor Society

Society of Professional Journalists

Women in Communication

National Association of Collegiate

Broadcasters

Speech and Debate Team

Future Independent Film Makers of America

News and literary magazines 

Hofstra Video Productions (HVP) ? This award-winning production center housed within the School of Communication offers students the opportunity for hands-on internship experience. HVP has an extensive array of analog and digital production equipment available to all students, and has worked with such media giants as NBC and CBS.

Our graduates are prepared for success long before they graduate ...

Internships play a large part in preparation for your career. New York City has often been cited as the ?journalism capital of the world,? and Hofstra students have taken advantage of that fact repeatedly. The New York Times, NBC News, MTV, Village Voice, WNET-TV, Bloomberg Network ? Hofstra students put their skills to work at these and many other companies long before graduation.

So when you do graduate, you?ll know you can offer something that your non Hofstra peers can?t, something more than just a diploma and a high GPA. You?ll have knowledge, training and a confidence in your abilities ? abilities well-tested and proven through years of education and experience.