Equipment upgrades improve programming
News desk, editing software, set design comprise improvements
Camden Miller
Issue date: 9/1/06 Section: News
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"The big thing we got, finally, was a very nice computerized teleprompter," said James Bynum, operations manager for the Communication Department and TigerTV adviser. "We've been asking for it for 10 years."
Until now, "Newswave" anchors had been reading printed-out scripts when delivering the news. Other schools faced with the same problem have used Powerpoint slides or hand written signs.
"The new teleprompter improves our on-air look, increases our professionalism but also better prepares students for their future careers," Bynum said.
According to Bynum, students would also be capable of logging in to the teleprompter from a computer in a residence hall to use its software to write a story that would later appear on the teleprompter.
"I'm really excited," said Junior Britney Elko, co-anchor for "Newswave," "I've been waiting a year for it."
Elko said that the new equipment would increase the professionalism at the studio.
A returning feature from the end of last semester is the background set appearing in "Newswave."
However, unknown to some viewers, the set is actually a printed picture on a screen hung behind the anchors.
"We chose this [set] because it looks great on camera and it gives us some flexibility in our studio," said Senior Dave Berry, student manager of TigerTV.
The set was designed by Berry using Maya 3D software before it was professionally printed for $1,500.
"It's pretty realistic looking according to what I've been told by our audience," Elko said.
One of the new additions that careful viewers will notice is an updated Satellite Center, featuring a desk donated by San Antonio's "News 9" before the television station went out of business. According to Berry, the desk features mounts that can have computer screens mounted to them, similar to what CNN uses.
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