Advanced Motion Media

Motion is the new battlefield for attention, and AMVJ trains you to dominate it. Learn from industry experts who are actively working on the cutting edge of multimedia and AI, not teaching from last decade's playbook. You will master digital and broadcast journalism, documentary production, lighting, sound, nonfiction storytelling, motion graphics, and writing. The mission: move audiences.

Cinematic Light & Lens

Light is your language. Lens is your perspective. Master both. Every frame tells the audience how to feel before a word is spoken. This course builds your command of that invisible language, grip and lighting instruments, lighting design, lens characteristics, and the strategies that connect technical choices to emotional outcomes. You will analyze and deconstruct the work of masters, design and scheme your own lighting setups, and execute a predetermined cinematic look through real crew collaboration. You will also develop the critical eye to evaluate lens systems, testing for optical characteristics, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and making informed optic choices for every project you shoot. Hands-on exercises, lighting diagrams, and high-standard coursework. No shortcuts. Just craft.

Motion Design

Static images inform. Motion design commands attention. In an era of infinite content, motion design is the tool that makes audiences stop and watch. This course gives you the full motion design stack, the technology, the strategy, and the storytelling architecture to build rich, platform-ready multimedia experiences. You will work with still imagery, video, audio, and type, developing your command of sequential design through rigorous motion graphic processes. By the end, you will be able to take a project from thumbnail sketch to final render, applying concept, timing, rhythm, and the critical eye to evaluate your own work and push it further. Every frame is a decision. Make them count.

TV Digital News Reporting

Deadline. Camera. Story. Deliver. Television news operates under pressure, tight deadlines, live audiences, and zero margin for mediocrity. This course builds the operator who thrives in that environment. You will develop every skill in the broadcast journalism chain: pitching story ideas, developing angles, sourcing, interviewing, video-recording, editing, and producing broadcast-ready packages under real deadline pressure. You will work as a team in the field, because broadcast news is a collective mission. And at the end, you will know exactly how to be an effective storyteller with video. Your work will be evaluated at the highest professional broadcast quality standards. Anything less is not acceptable here.

The Alexia Fall Workshop

The students enrolled in the Advanced Military Visual Journalism program serve in the Navy or Marine Corps as mass communication specialists, public affairs professionals, photographers, graphic designers, and videographers. Service members come to Newhouse for 10 months, completing coursework in communications, photography, journalism, design, sound, and documentary production. Students gain strong storytelling skills, earn 30 credits toward an undergraduate degree, and can matriculate to Newhouse with successful completion.