Communication Students On the Air as Part of Unique Community Partnership...

Students of Capital's Communication Media degree program are building their resumes with production experience on "El Show de Analeh," a Spanish-language talk show that focuses on issues in the Latino community. The program is hosted by Capital alumna Ana Alfaro and broadcasts on Univision, cable TV channel 18 in Hartford, reaching most of the state. As part of a unique partnership with the college's Academic Media Technology Department, students in the Communication Media program help produce segments for "el show" in the college's TV studio, both as part of their in-class assignments and as an extra-curricular activity. The show features guest interviews recorded in the Capital studio, and on-location reports from in and around Hartford. Program themes center around local people in the news, arts and culture, spicy and controversial real-life issues, and educational topics related to business and government. Students in Capital's Communication Media major serve as studio crew members, on-location camera operators, and video editors. Some have even appeared on-camera for occasional youth/teen reports, and also worked as Production Assistants for a semester to fulfill their internship requirement.

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