April 2026
Archbishop Hoban High School
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VIDEO BROADCASTING CLASS LAUNCHES NEW BROADCAST MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS BY GEMMA ALEXANDER
As of March, Hoban has $9,800 grant and the renovation transitioned from traditional of Foley Commons, the program intercom announcements to gained access to the space and a video broadcast format for equipment needed to bring his delivering morning news. Led vision to life. by Teacher and Girls Soccer Students in the class rotate Coach Jonathan through various K o s t o f f , “IT HELPED roles each the video week, including DEVELOP MY broadcasting d i r e c t o r, class is PRESENTATION AND producer, responsible for COMMUNICATION camera operator, producing these SKILLS. IT TEACHES switcher and daily segments. YOU MORE THAN anchor. This Many students allows NEWS PRODUCTION.” structure and staff have them to explore taken notice, different aspects - Gabe Bailey of broadcasting praising the class for its polished and discover and professional their strengths. quality, especially impressive Kostoff also aims for each given that the program is still in student to leave the class with a its early stages. However, this highlight reel or resume tape they level of quality did not happen can use for college applications overnight; it is the result of and future job opportunities. careful planning and over a year Recently, the class took a trip and a half of preparation. to Kent State University to tour Kostoff first developed the the School of Communication idea for video announcements and get an inside look at the when he joined the faculty in university’s studio. 2024. Drawing on his prior “We have a lot of the same experience working for a news equipment as a college does, channel, Kostoff redesigned making our program seem more the course curriculum to better legit” Senior Ellie Marks said. reflect real-world broadcasting. Aside from the morning His goal was to give students announcements, the video hands-on experience and broadcasting class has done introduce them to the roles projects for various Hoban involved in producing a news departments; they recently segment. With the help of a completed a video for the
Members of the Video Broadcasting class, accompanied by their teacher Jonathan Kostoff, pose for a photo in front of Kent State University’s video broadcasting facilities on March 4. The class took a trip to Kent State University with the aim of broadening their knowledge on professional news production. PHOTO COURTESY OF JONATHAN KOSTOFF Extravaganza and plan to film a day in the life of a Hoban student video for the admissions office. “It helped develop my presentation and communication skills,” Senior Gabe Bailey said. “It teaches you more than news production.” As far as expansion, Kostoff
hopes to bring in a green screen, meteorologist role, and a graphics system that would allow them to build professional graphics on the fly. Currently, the class has eight students but is expecting to reach full capacity at 16 students in the coming years.