Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Studer Vista 5 Consoles Let Students Focus On The News
Walter Cronkite School Of Journalism And Mass Communication not only invested in equipment with the Vista 5, they invested in their students.The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix has installed two Studer Vista 5 digital mixing consoles to be used as an integral part of the School of Journalism’s emphasis on real-world experience.
Housed in a 6-story, $71 million, 223,000-square-foot academic building located in downtown Phoenix, they are at the core of the School’s advanced broadcast facilities.
One Vista 5 is used to train students covering the J-School’s First Amendment Forum, used for town hall-type meetings. The second Vista 5 mixer has been installed in the School’s state-of-the-art broadcast control room, where it is used to record, edit and broadcast the School’s daily award-winning weekday news programming.
Jim Dove, Chief Engineer at the Cronkite School of Journalism, knew he needed a console that was highly flexible, extremely powerful, and cost-effective.
“There were all of those factors to consider, as well as the fact that Chris Callahan, the Dean of the journalism school, has a vision of making real-world experience an integral part of the curriculum here,” Dove explains.
“We were very happy to find a digital broadcast console that meets and exceeds all of those requirements. In fact, it’s accurate to say that these two Vista 5 consoles do the work of at least three or more consoles, so they were a very cost-efficient decision.”
Dove says that acquiring a Studer Vista 5 console constitutes more than simply getting a piece of equipment—he’s also gotten a partner. “Studer’s been incredibly helpful for us from the moment we decided to buy,” he says, noting that the company’s technical support has been readily available whenever he or his staff has a question.
“We’ve been very happy with the follow-up that we’ve received,” he says. “We made an investment when we bought the Vista 5 consoles, but we also feel that Studer has also made an investment – in us and our students.”
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