Broadcast Newscenter, CMB 4.132B

The Newscenter is set up for the production of the news broadcasts, such as the weekly UT Week in Review and Texas Newswatch. The stations are set up in the middle of a studio. There is one audio digitzing station set up which is set to record from CD, cassette tape, or cable broadcast from CNN. Word processing and database type office work is done through Microsoft office.

Students internet needs (web browsing, FTP, news, and email) are also served. Laser printing can is in black & white.

Please note: Open only to registered students in the Broadcast Journalism sequence during class and TA hours.

Photojournalism Labs, CMA 6.202

The digital lab area contains 10 stations with Macintosh G4s for photographic processing and manipulation. All computers are loaded with the latest versions of software Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign, PowerPoint, and Macromedia Flash and Fireworks. The lab has a number of output options, such as quality ink-jet printers, photographic quality ink-jet tabloid printer, color laser printer, black-and-white laser printer, dye-sub printers, flatbed image scanner with transparency accessories, and an eight-bit 35mm/120 film recorder. The advanced digital lab contains five high-end workstations, dye-sub printers, film scanners up to 4x5 negative size, and film recorder.

Print (Newspaper and Magazine) and Multimedia Labs, CMA 4.300

There are four writing labs — two Macintosh classrooms and two PC classrooms — for School of Journalism print students. The PC labs are primarily geared for the School of Journalism writing lab needs. Word processing and database work is done through Microsoft Office XP. Students' Internet needs (Web browsing, FTP, news and webmail) are also provided for in these labs. Laser printing is available. Files can be saved on zip disk, CD or a server that is shared with other labs.

The Macintosh environment is primarily geared for the School of Journalism's digital pre-press classes. These computers have publishing and layout software such as Quark, Adobe InDesign and Pagemaker, and photo and design programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Word processing and database work is done through Microsoft Office 2001.

Multimedia software is available through Macromedia's suite of tools that includes Dreamweaver, Flash, iMovie, Final Cut Pro and Fireworks. Students' Internet needs (web browsing, FTP, news and e-mail) are also met. Laser printing is available in both color and black and white. Files can be saved on a zip disk, CD or on the server. These computer labs are open only to registered students of the School of Journalism during class and TA hours.