{"id":1882,"date":"2012-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/media-center-demonstrates-commitment-to-innovation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:33:12","slug":"media-center-demonstrates-commitment-to-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/media-center-demonstrates-commitment-to-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Center demonstrates commitment to innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was honored to participate on April 12 in the Grand Opening of the Center for Innovation in Media of the College of Mass Communication. This new center \u2014 a premier facility sure to attract the best and brightest students from Tennessee and the region \u2014 reasserts the University\u2019s commitment to maintaining that strong brand.<\/p>\n

This facility also represents the hard work by Dean Roy Moore and Stephan Foust, the director of the new center, in getting it up and running. I would like to thank you both for your efforts and results.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t so long ago that mainstream media \u2014 print, television, and radio \u2014 were separated.<\/p>\n

It was also true that universities reflected the divisions between journalism and radio-television schools in their academic departments.<\/p>\n

Technology has changed all that, blurring those divisions and changing the way journalists and students across the disciplines conduct business.<\/p>\n

This new center reflect this new world of media convergence .<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s highly competitive digital environment, a graduate must have a working knowledge of web and print writing, video and still photography, nonlinear editing, podcasting, graphics, and social media.<\/p>\n

Those well-trained and diversified students are the job applicants that are being hired in this challenging career field.<\/p>\n

Visitors who pass through the Mass Communication Building can look through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows to see media students at work. It gives passers-by a sense of the excitement within \u2013 and will encourage other students to join what is going on inside.<\/p>\n

At its core is the \u201cegg room\u201d \u2013 the first time I\u2019ve ever heard of such a thing! \u2013 which was patterned from examples found in professional media newsrooms. It is the central gathering point, where our students will collaborate and contribute to our campus media outlets.<\/p>\n

Finally, my thanks to the\u00a0Cornerstone Donors we recognized at the opening<\/a>. I am grateful for the individual gifts from friends and supporters, as well as the grants from media outlets and associations. We appreciate your investment in our students.<\/p>\n

Leon Alligood, a former reporter for The Tennessean and now assistant professor of journalism, said it best: \u201cWe\u2019re trailblazing, and that\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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