Abilene Christian’s converged media lab

Oct 7th, 2008

Via Aggiejournalists, here’s some info on Abilene Christian University’s new Student Media News Lab, which puts the multimedia into one location.

The JMC/network comprises print, broadcast and online products. Students work for the network both curricularly, through their courses, and co-curricularly … Among other features of the renovated spaces are a faculty/student commons, an advertising and public relations agency, faculty offices and a 65-seat smart classroom outfitted for video podcasting.

Here’s a link to a slideshow of the newsroom in action. ACU was the first school that has been able to provide every incoming student with an iPhone/iPod Touch.