Johnson & Wales University opens Center for Media Production

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY faculty and administrators cut the ribbon for the opening of the Center for Media Production earlier this month. From left are associate professor Evan Villari, Vice Chancellor Joseph Greene, Providence Campus President Marie Bernardo-Sousa, Provost Billye Auclair and Michael Fein, dean of the John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY/MIKE COHEA

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University has opened its new Center for Media Production, a studio space at its Providence campus that will support the university’s Media & Communication Studies program.

The Center for Media Production provides students a place for writing, recording and assembling media projects. It features two light-controlled photo and video studios with green screens, a podcasting studio, a writer’s room, editing suites and computer workstations with industry-standard software. The center will support students in courses related to filmmaking, photography, journalism and editing.

“The opening of The Center for Media Production is a game-changer for students enrolled in JWU’s Media & Communication Studies program and those studying other majors with an interest in production,” said Michael Fein, dean of the John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences. “As the media industry continues to change, students are no longer thinking about themselves as ‘just a writer’ or ’just a filmmaker.’ The center allows them to gain practical experience while using industry-standard equipment.”

In 2013, JWU launched its Media & Communication Studies bachelor’s degree for students curious about the production and meaning of media such as photographs, film, music, television, video and social networking sites, and how audiences respond to what they read, see and hear. The program’s first class graduated in 2017.

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