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Additional Station Tour Information:
Location: New Mexico PBS Studio
Grades: High school; middle school with prior approval.
Group Sizes: Up to 50 students
Length: 1.5-2 hours
Availability: Typically Fridays
Format: Small-group rotations
Learning Goals:
– Understand how public media is created and distributed, from production to Master Control.
– Experience media production firsthand through interaction with staff and equipment.
– Develop media literacy by learning how people and technology shape media.
– Explore career pathways in public media.
What Students Experience:
In the Studio: Students use studio cameras and headsets, experience communication between the studio floor and control room, and may practice interviewing and on-camera communication with NMPBS journalists.
Behind the Scenes: Students learn how producers, camera operators, journalists, audio staff, and other team members work together to create a television program.
Broadcast Technology & Master Control: Students meet Engineering and Master Control staff and see the technology required to air five channels simultaneously and distribute public media nationwide.
Career Pathways:
Students meet NMPBS professionals working across journalism, production, engineering, multimedia services, education, community engagement, communications, and other areas of public media.