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ACU community expects more from staff

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By Sondra Rodriguez, Student Reporter The new broadcast and publishing capabilities of the JMC Network Student Media News Lab will improve the final product for readers on and off campus. The newsroom is equipped with all new computers for video editing, page designing and publishing news, said Cade White, instructor of journalism and mass ... [Read More…]

History of Student Media: After 97 years, student media continues eager pursuit of journalistic excellence

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor See a timeline of ACU student media In August 1912, student Arthur Slater of Clyde distributed the first copy of the Optimist to Childers Classical Institute students. He worked on the first issue as a reporter, copy editor and typesetter. Ninety-six years later, the kind of dedication shown by Slater still ... [Read More…]

D.C. writer to speak at News Lab opening

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor While testing audio speaker levels for his Chapel forum Thursday, Washington Post staff writer Hamil Harris playfully grabbed a microphone and broke into singing Amazing Grace with Wade Huggins, junior worship ministry major from Abilene and Cullen Auditorium sound technician. Harris' friendly personality ... [Read More…]

Professors dedicate time to students, newsroom

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By Colter Hettich, Features Editor With much of the focus on the JMC Network Student Media News Lab itself, students and visitors might easily overlook the elbow grease that went into realizing a ten-year dream. Kenneth Pybus, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, and Cade White, instructor of photojournalism, spent countless ... [Read More…]

Donors provide funds for student media room

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief Dr. Charlie Marler returned to Abilene Christian College in the fall of 1974 to find an Abilene "newspaper man" eager to re-ignite the ill-equipped mass communication program. Marler, professor emeritus and senior faculty member of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department, came back to Abilene ... [Read More…]

News Lab designed as converged setting

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By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Professors who work in the Morris Center had a difficult time finding their old offices last fall because the interior renovations to the second and third floor transformed the building into a construction zone. Cables and wires hung from gutted ceilings, concrete floors and half-painted walls resounded with ... [Read More…]

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