Facilities
TV Studio 68 Hope StreetThe JMU TV studio is equipped with a range of facilities to support and train journalism students with the skills required to work in a professional broadcast environment. These include broadcast quality studio cameras, digital cameras, editing suites with Avid editing software, a range of professional microphones, autocue software, an audio booth and a studio gallery with a Broadcast Pix vision mixer, audio mixer and lighting grid. Second and third year JMU trainee journalists use the TV studio to produce news reports and documentaries, and to develop their interview technique. The studio is an environment for news bulletins by final year journalism students who've chosen to specialise in television journalism. Students get the chance to try a range of studio and production roles roles for these bulletins in addition to that of reporting Second and third year journalism students use the TV studio to produce news packages, news bulletins and mini documentaries. |
Journalism newsrooms in Liverpool Innovation Park, Edge Lane |
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Students editing work on computer.
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Hazel Barrett, one of the tutors, working with students. |
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More students editing work - this time video - for the benefit of their studies. |
The department has three, state-of-the-art newsrooms at Edge Lane, fully equipped with the equipment required to produce newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and online bulletins. These can be used for basic news-writing classes, production work or full-scale simulationof newsdays. Students are able to work on their own in the rooms when no sessions are timetabled and the three newsrooms mean we can offer reasonable access time.
Audio and video editing facilitiesThe journalism department is equipped with a fully equipped digital radio studio - which can be self-operated or used in studio/control-room configuration and is capable of producing complex programmes and features, and several smaller news cubicle for more straightforward news bulletin-type work. Both facilities have units for recording telephone interviews. One of the newsrooms is equipped with the worldwide standard Electronic News Production System (ENPS) as used by the BBC and many other broadcasters. This enables students to manage the whole newsroom operation, from writing scripts to producing running orders - all of which can be viewed and amended by students in any group. The system also allows for databases of contacts, filing of news articles, etc. Each PC in the broadcast newsroom has the industry-standard Adobe Audition editing software which means each ‘work station’ is a fully functioning production ‘studio’ capable of editing and mixing many different audio tracks. Students each have access to the full audio and text services of Independent Radio News (IRN) which supplies national and international news to most of the UK’s commercial radio stations, as well as many abroad. Students also have access to a ‘live’ and constantly updated database of stories, contacts and background information on a wide variety of news stories. Professional-standard digital recorders are used by students when reporting out and about around Liverpool. Video editing is carried out in the video edit suite, where students are able to use Avid Media Composer on fast, dual screened computers. Sudents may borrow one of the many HD video cameras with associated equipment available in the screen school while or for audio and online, there are digital recorders and Flip cameras. |