Cody Stedman Multimedia - Journalism Education

LOVE OF THE GAME

Before finishing my Senior year of high school, I had a chance to visit a national convention for high school journalists. The closest chance I had to see other high school journalists was meeting other students at a yearbook conference.

But one of the main aspects I took away was the level of professionalism of others like me across the country, in one room.

As I left the opening ceremony, I knew that...

"teaching kids about journalism is now my dream job."

As many issues and hardships may come up in the future, I will list my goals and current works I have built up in preparation here.

CURRENT PATH

After completing my High School Diploma at Saline High School, I transferred my credits I gained through a TV Broadcasting Career and Technical Education course to Washtenaw Community College. I am currently majoring in Journalism for an Associate's degree. I plan on transferring to Eastern Michigan University, majoring in Media Studies & Journalism for a Bachelor's degree. Additionaly, at EMU, I plan on enrolling in their CTE certification program, gaining 2,000 hours out of the 4,000 hours in a desired work area experience towards the certification.

Currently now and after completing my degree, I intend to work in the Radio/TV Broadcasting area, whether it would be paid or volunteer work in order to complete the remaining hours for a CTE Certification in Radio and TV Broadcasting.

I plan to use that CTE certification in teaching Broadcast Journalism at the high school level, preferably at my old high school in Saline.

ACADEMIC PLAN

Under the State of Michigan Department of Education, I intend to use my CTE Certification in Radio & TV Broadcasting to work under Annual Authorization. Once I gain a Teaching Certification, my desired endorsement area is English (BA).

The HSMI is a directive to introduce journalistic coursework and professional examples in the classroom to advance student scholastic media understanding.

This would be through introducing courses in news writing, then as times goes on, introduce courses that grant in-class time to create a multitude of storytelling methods like online publishing, social media posting and print publications.

Below is a brief list of planned classes and other items I hope to introduce in the future.