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Students in Broadcast,
Print Journalism and Public Relations sequences have access to the
various labs and facilities during non-class time(s), and it is usually
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Television Studios
Two
television studios are housed in Self Hall. Students choosing the
Broadcasting sequence will gain experience
in broadcast news and production. Students produce a variety of programs
in the beginning television laboratory: news, interviews and commercials.
On-camera announcing is also taught in
this lab. Afternoon and evening laboratory hours are available for students to
perfect their broadcast
skills.
Digital Editing Labs
The department has two digital audio editing
labs and two digital video editing labs. The video editing stations
have Power
Mac G5s using digital non-linear editing software systems. Each
station is equipped with Macromedia
Director, Flash,
Dreamweaver,
Photoshop,
Final
Cut Pro ,
Adobe
After Effects and Boris Effects software.
The student video lab has four editing stations. The audio labs use
the Adobe
Audition editing system(s). Two Wheatstone audio
consoles are used, one in each audio lab. Students in broadcast
sequence use these labs.
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Macintosh Computer Lab
The
Department of Communication has a Macintosh computer lab equipped
for desktop publishing and Internet research.
A computer upgrade to Macintosh G5 computers was recently instituted
in Summer 2007 (not yet reflected in pictures to your right,
but visible in th top photo), which runs on the latest software
and operating system (Tiger,
OSX 10.4.11) and publication software. Among the programs used
in classes are
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator,
Photoshop and Macromedia DreamWeaver. A Promethean interactive
whiteboard is installed at the Instructor station (see top photo).
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