June 9, 2010

The Cinema & Television department will be offering a new class this summer in the management of news and sports programming. The class, TVMN 680 - Mgmt of News & Sports Programming, will explore management issues in news and sports programming through lectures, case studies and individual and project work. The students will learn about news and sports journalism, sales, marketing, programming, legal and ethical issues, management, research and technology.

The class, open to all students as an elective,  will be instructed by Princell Hair, who will bring an impressive amount of real world experience to the classroom. Princell is a Senior Vice President for Comcast SportsNet and a former head of CNN America. He also serves on the Comcast/NBC/Universal transition team. He works as an adjunct faculty member in the Television Management program.