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Journalism, Media and Communications Media Lab

Hobart Campus, Arts Building, Media Lab

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The Journalism, Media and Communications Media Lab was launched by the Hon David Bartlett MHA, Minister for Education and Vice Chancellor Professor Daryl Le Grew on 16 May 2007.


The new Media Lab includes five radio and video production studios, a twenty-space editing suite and a newsroom.

Journalism, Media and Communications Coordinator, Dr Libby Lester, said that the new lab's design recognised the dramatic shift that had occurred in the media in recent years.

"We want students to embrace the new technologies now available – from mobile phones to MP3s to high-end cameras, field recorders and editing software – to produce exciting but also important journalism and media," she said.

"Students will leave us with the skills to work in traditional mainstream media but also with the ability to go out into the world independently and tell stories that have the potential to make a real difference."