Journalism Resources
The Journalism Television and Multimedia Facility (JTMF) is designed for television, radio, web and multimedia instruction and high-level news production. The JTMF reflects the Journalism Department’s effort to bridge the gap between the broadcast and print/multi-media majors, as this is the turn ‘real world’ journalism is taking. Facility users work in a newsroom designed for multimedia reporting, editing and production. Desks are designed in clusters of four to easily facilitate teams in which one member might edit video with Avid Newscutter, another build graphics using Photoshop/Illustrator, a third design a web site with Dreamweaver/Flash and a fourth write a script using AP/ENPS, all in tandem. Facility users are exposed to linear and Avid non-linear editing systems, as well as an automated control room in studio. In a nearby lab, students also use Adobe Audition to edit audio or they can use a broadcast quality audio voice-over booth for higher level productions. The entire facility is equipped with state of the art technology to allow high-end television, multimedia and web production in keeping with the department’s emphasis on hands-on, high-quality productions across the news media with an eye on current industry trends.Facilities and Equipment
Newsroom
- Twenty one (21) Avid Newscutter XP workstations connected to approximately 12 Terabytes (12,000 Gigabytes) of storage on an Avid Unity server
- AP/ENPS software
Studio
- 25’x 25’ studio with a 9’ lighting grid
- Three (3) robotic cameras
- One (1) standard, manually operated camera (Hitachi)
- Three (3) permanent sets: News desk with either Newsroom or Skyline background, Interview set with either Emerson College or Skyline backdrop and the Chroma wall for weather and other chroma keyed backgrounds.
- One (1) plasma monitor set piece
- Dimmable fluorescent lighting
Journalism Control Room
Control Room:
- Grass Valley PVTV™ Plus NEWS™ CR500 (automated control room system)
- Grass Valley ScriptViewer™ (teleprompting system)
- Pinnacle Deko Character Generator (two channel)
- Pinnacle Lightning Still Store
- Yamaha GF24/12 audio mixer
- One (1) two channel Avid Airspace Playback Server
- One (1) Avid Newscutter XP edit system with SDI Mojo connected to approximately 12 Terabytes (12,000 Gigabytes) of storage on an Avid Unity Server
Edit Suites:
- Four (4) Avid Newscutter XP suites with Mojo connected to approximately 12 Terabytes (12,000 Gigabytes) of storage on an Avid Unity Server, Three (3) with voice-over recording capability
- Two (2) Audio Edit Suites featuring Adobe Audition, Avid Newscutter XP and voice-over recording capability
- AP/ENPS software
- One (1) Linear, cuts-only DVCPRO editing systems
Duplication, Format Transfer and Off-Air Capture
- DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, S-VHS, VHS and International Multi-Format VHS decks
- Five (5) Off-air cable tuners
- One (1) Avid Newscutter XP workstations connected to approximately 12 Terabytes (12,000 Gigabytes) of storage on an Avid Unity server
- AP/ENPS software
- One (1) Linear, cuts-only DVCPRO editing system
- CNN Newsource Subscription with pathfire server (allows for use of "clean" news feeds from CNN Newsource affiliates)
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