Ribbon Cutting for WTAMU's new Multimedia Journalism Studio
Name:
Ribbon Cutting for WTAMU's new Multimedia Journalism Studio
Date:
August 28, 2015
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
Event Description:
West Texas A&M University?s student news organization, The Prairie, will introduce its new Multimedia Journalism Studio at a ribbon cutting event on Friday, Aug. 28. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in Suite 268 of the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex on the WTAMU campus.
The Multimedia Journalism Studio is designed to meet the needs of modern journalism production and education. It is equipped with digital audio recording equipment which The Prairie has already used to produce award-winning podcasts. For video news production, the Multimedia Journalism Studio features digital cameras that can record a live newscast from the studio set or can be taken to the scene of breaking news.
The studio also includes a web camera that can be used to conduct interviews with newsmakers from anywhere on the globe.
Today's journalists must be able to produce reports that can be accessed on multiple digital platforms, Dr. Butler Cain, assistant professor of Mass Communication and adviser to The Prairie, said. Our Multimedia Journalism Studio will give WT's Mass Communication students the opportunity to develop and hone those skills by producing journalism for both professional and academic purposes. The Multimedia Journalism Studio also functions as a space for digital photography projects, and students will produce their work with the latest editions of industry-standard editing software.
The Multimedia Journalism Studio is designed to meet the needs of modern journalism production and education. It is equipped with digital audio recording equipment which The Prairie has already used to produce award-winning podcasts. For video news production, the Multimedia Journalism Studio features digital cameras that can record a live newscast from the studio set or can be taken to the scene of breaking news.
The studio also includes a web camera that can be used to conduct interviews with newsmakers from anywhere on the globe.
Today's journalists must be able to produce reports that can be accessed on multiple digital platforms, Dr. Butler Cain, assistant professor of Mass Communication and adviser to The Prairie, said. Our Multimedia Journalism Studio will give WT's Mass Communication students the opportunity to develop and hone those skills by producing journalism for both professional and academic purposes. The Multimedia Journalism Studio also functions as a space for digital photography projects, and students will produce their work with the latest editions of industry-standard editing software.
