Signature Academic Program

Digital Mass Media

As we prepare students for today’s interconnected, data-driven global economy, effective communication skills are ever more important.

Gulliver Prep’s Digital Mass Media Signature Academic Program offered at the Middle and Upper School levels, provides application of real-world skills in the areas of broadcasting, video, print, and online media platforms. Our award-winning program puts students in the driver’s seat of content creation. From informative news stories to entertaining features, students learn how to produce several genres of content ready for publishing to multiple platforms – including online and social media – that drive audience engagement. Once students demonstrate understanding of fundamental concepts, they move on to join the advanced production student teams that produce our student-led publications and broadcast shows, and participate in competitions around the country. All of these experiences allow students to exercise skills in leadership, team collaboration, communication, time management, and creative thought, while working in a deadline-driven environment.

Courses

  • Principles of Television and Video Production
  • Principles of Journalism, Design, and Multimedia Production Honors
  • Broadcast Journalism Honors
  • Multimedia News Production Advanced
  • Print Media Production Advanced
  • Broadcast News Production Advanced

Program Professional Associations

  • Student Television Network (STN)
  • PBS Student Reporting Labs
  • Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA)
  • National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)
  • Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)
  • National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • Quill & Scroll, International Honor Society for High School Journalists

Awards and Recognition

  • NSPA Pacemaker Award, Reflections Literary & Arts Magazine, 2022, 2023
  • STN Crazy 8’s Morning Show, 1st Place – Raider305, 2023
  • CSPA Gold Crown Award, Raider yearbook, 2021
  • CSPA SIlver Crown Award, Raider yearbook, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • CSPA Silver Crown, The Raider Voice news site, 2012, 2022
  • NSPA Pacemaker Finalist Award – Raider yearbook, The Raider Voice and Reflections Literary & Arts Magazine, 2021
  • SNO Distinguished Site Award, The Raider Voice, 2022, 2023
  • FSPA Sunshine Standout Award, Raider yearbook, 2023, 2022, 2020
  • FSPA Sunshine Standout Award, Reflections Literary & Arts Magazine, 2019, 2022
  • FSPA Sunshine Standout Award, Raider305, 2023
  • STN Broadcast Excellence, Bronze, RaiderRecap, 2023
  • STN Broadcast Excellence, Silver, Raider305, 2023
  • The Raider yearbook is featured in NSPA’s Best of the Student Press, and is a part of Walsworth’s Gallery of Excellence and the President’s Collection
  • NSPA All American and Best in Show: Reflections Literary & Arts Magazine, “Threads” 2017

Students participate in a variety of individual competitions sponsored by local, state, and national scholastic press associations.

Program Contact

Upper School Digital Mass Media Department Chair

Monica Rodriguez