Olivia Williams
MTHS '23 · NYU Tisch '27
“Going live every single morning teaches you composure nothing else can. By spring I could anchor, run audio, and direct — and I knew exactly what I wanted to study in college.”
No Prerequisite
The Morning Show
Live television, every school day — produced entirely by students.
About the Course
The Morning Show is MTHS’s student-run daily broadcast — a live program produced by students and aired to the entire school every morning. Crew members rotate through every role in a working television studio: anchoring on camera, operating cameras and teleprompters, mixing audio, building graphics, and directing the show from the control room.
Beyond the daily broadcast, students pitch and plan segments, write scripts, and shoot and edit packages covering school events, sports, clubs, and community stories — building a real broadcast portfolio across the year while learning the multi-camera studio workflow used in professional television.
No experience is necessary and the course is open to all grades, making it the perfect entry point into the Video Production & Media pathway. If you’ve ever wanted to be on air — or be the person calling the shots behind the glass — this is your class.
Why Take This Course
- Broadcast live to the entire school every morning — real airtime, real audience, every day.
- Rotate through every studio role: anchor, camera, audio, graphics, teleprompter, and director.
- Learn industry-standard studio equipment and the control-room workflow used in real TV.
- Build a broadcast portfolio of segments, packages, and live shows by June.
- Work like a newsroom: pitch stories, hit deadlines, and cover your school community.
- No experience needed — open to all grades as a pathway starting point.
Requirements & Logistics
- Grades
- 9–12
- Credits
- 5 (Full Year)
- Prerequisite
- None — open enrollment
- Level
- Open elective
- Expect
- Live daily production responsibilities and on-camera or crew rotations
Your Instructors
What Students Say
Chris Bradley
MTHS '24 · Montclair St. '28
“The control room is the best seat in the school. Calling camera cuts on a live show with a real audience is a rush — and it looks great on a film-program application.”
Maya Kim
MTHS '25 · Rutgers '29
“I joined with zero experience and ended the year producing my own weekly segment. The seniors train you on every station until you can do it all.”
Course Highlights
Daily Live Broadcast
The show airs to the whole school every morning — no other class gives you a daily live audience.
On AirProfessional Studio
Teleprompters, multi-camera setups, a switcher-equipped control room, and editing suites.
FacilityCommunity Coverage
Crews cover games, concerts, and school events — your work becomes the school's record of the year.
Real WorldPathway Launchpad
The no-experience-needed start that feeds directly into Video Production I, II, and III.
Academic