Special Projects Coordinator and Master Instructor

About

  • Find Me On:

    linkedin

  • Website:

    Steven Weiss Website

  • Office Hours:

    Tuesday and Thursday 10-noon and by appointment Monday through Friday

  • Role:

    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Special Projects Coordinator and Master Instructor

  • Concentration:

    • Television news, documentary and corporate video production

  • Department:

    • Journalism & Media Communication

  • Education:

    • B. A. Speech and Theater Arts, CSU, 1978

  • Curriculum Vitae:

Biography

Steve Weiss is a master instructor and special projects coordinator in the Journalism department at CSU with 30 years of experience as a television reporter, host and producer at various television markets including Denver and he has worked on nationally-distributed television programs for ESPN, FOX Sports, PBS and MSNBC. He also has produced corporate marketing and training videos for Ford, Coors, Shell, Campbell Soups, Toyota, J D Edwards and other major corporations. Weiss currently produces documentary programs for Colorado PBS stations and national distribution.

He has been an adjunct instructor at CSU since 1992 and joined the Journalism Department as a fulltime member in 2010, teaching classes in video production, writing, and corporate multimedia.

Weiss is also the coordinator of the RAMProductions team, a group of students producing live sports, music and arts television programs at CSU.

He is the faculty advisor for the new academic streaming platform of CSU launching in fall semester of 2023 called Ram+.

Publications

Producer of recent documentaries:
Tuning Out the Pandemic, RMPBS (Emmy nominated)
Hemp: Colorado's Next Green Rush, PBS12
Co-Existing with Wildfires, RMPBS
Democracy vs. The Big Lie: The Truth About Mail-in Voting, Free Speech TV
Hollywood's Last Real Cowboy, Film Festivals

Sports producer of 40+ sports programs airing on ESPN, Fox/Prime, Outdoor Life Network and Outdoor Channel

Between 1987 and 2013: 200+ Technical, marketing, educational, entertainment, and informational corporate video productions and multimedia presentations

Courses

  • JTC 460 Senior Capstone

    Syllabus

    Capstone experience preparing graduating seniors for future career opportunities.

  • JTC 490 Streaming Platform Management and Production

    Syllabus

    CSU’s “Ram+” premieres in 2023 and students in this workshop will receive direct hands-on experience managing and growing this exciting new academic streaming platform providing content with a focus on CSU. Learn the techniques of on-demand and live streaming. Participate in the management and audience analysis of RAM+, social media, data analytics, program production and live studio and remote streaming.

  • JTC 342 Writing for Visual Media

    Syllabus

    Writing for various genres of visual media production.

  • LB386E Live Arts Production

    Syllabus

    Live Arts Production technique.