Department improves broadcast facilities
The Department of Journalism has been awarded over £8,500 in funding to upgrade its broadcast teaching equipment.
The money will be used to add a ìblue screenî to the television studio and for an outside broadcast unit that will allow students to send audio, live from all over the county, straight back to any of the five radio studios.
Live reporting
Course Leader for the Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Mike Green, said: ìA lot of radio today consists of live broadcasts and journalists are expected to report from where the action is. It is essential students get practice of live reporting and of outside broadcasting and this new unit will allow us to set up anywhere in the county from court to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and send back quality broadcast reports.î
The departmentís television studio will also be updated with new technology. A Chroma Key, also known as a Colour Separation Device, will be used in the studio to project images behind the presenter.
Julia Shaw, a Senior Lecturer in Broadcast Journalism, said: ìNews days are an essential part of our broadcast journalism training and students produce and present an ëas liveí news magazine programme that is as close as possible to the real thing. They already use the latest technology to produce reports and interviews and this new equipment will add to this.î
The Chroma Key device will enhance weather and sports journalism reporting by teaching students how to use graphics and images that are an essential part of the TV process. The technology used for the outside broadcast unit uses 3G mobile technology and works in the same way as transmitting audio on the internet to ensure that it is good quality.
Mike Green added: ìWe hope to use this new technology a lot in our teaching as it will be excellent practice for when students enter the industry as well as being a confidence booster and good fun to work with.î
The funding has been awarded by the universityís Teaching Equipment Fund and will be used for teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate journalism students.
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MA Broadcast Journalism PGDip Broadcast Journalism BA (Hons) Sports Journalism More information on the outside broadcast unit
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