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Program
Opportunities
The Department
of Mass Media Arts reviews trends in the media industries and
recognizes students need to have a competitive edge in the use
and understanding of media technology. To accomplish this, training
laboratories provide students with the opportunity to enhance
their abilities in their academic course work and assist in practical,
hands-on experiences.
They include:
- Lambda Pi
Eta, Theta Tau Chapter - the honor society for communication
majors;
- Society of
Professional Journalists - the oldest, largest and most representative
organization serving the field of journalism;
- National Association
of Black Journalists - acknowledges the achievements and defines
the role of African-Americans in media; the CAU Chapter was recognized
as "Best Student Chapter 1999-2000";
- Public Relations
Student Society of America (PRSSA) - helps students cultivate
public relations techniques for businesses and organizations;
- CAU Panther
Newspaper - a biweekly campus newspaper, provides students an
opportunity to develop editorial, advertising, graphics, photography
and managerial skills in print journalism;
- Drop Frame
Productions - the official student television production organization
of the Mass Media Arts Department. Student members gain wealth
of studio and field production experience through membership
in Drop Frame. Drop Frame productions is aired on CAU-TV;
- 4 Reel Productions
- a student-based organization that focuses on the development
and creation of film projects (including public service announcements,
shorts and features);
- WCLK-FM -
a twenty-four hour, daily NPR member station licensed by Clark
Atlanta University presenting jazz, blues, gospel, Latin and
reggae and offering students opportunities to receive hands-on
training in radio production;
- CAU-TV - an
educational access television station that provides a variety
of informative programming thereby serving the Atlanta community
as an educational and community resource. While providing programming
that informs and educates, CAU-TV serves as a hands-on training
laboratory for broadcast majors in the Atlanta University Center
and an outlet for student video, film and multimedia productions;
- Internships
- academically monitored learning experiences in professional
media organizations. Internship partners have included CNN, Atlanta
Constitution, WSB-TV, Ketchem Public Relations, La Face Records
and many other media/music outlets;
- African Film
Festival - celebrates excellence in the richness and diversity
of African World Cinema, showcasing stories about the multifaceted,
global experience of African and African-descended people told
through the eyes of Screen Griots;
- WSTU - serves
as a radio outlet for student broadcasters and presents a hands-on
training opportunity to apply communication concepts and practices;
- Mass Media
Arts Club - open to all students interested in the field of communications.
In addition to keeping members abreast of internships/job opportunities
and scheduling regular seminars with speakers who are working
in the field, the group spearheads workshops on various aspects
of communications, such as how to prepare resumes and how to
operate computer software. It also holds a leadership seminar
every year;
- CAU-TV Student
News Center - this student-produced program brings you news and
information from campuses across the City and also features stories
making national and international headlines;
- Digital Teleproductions
Laboratory (Multimedia Lab) - ensures the provision of state-of-the-art
training facilities to media students and serves to strengthen
the communications arts curricula only; and,
- CAMP M.O.VE.
- a collaborative effort Fulton County Parks and Recreation and
CAU-TV that presents high school students with experiences that
will allow them to be creative and use critical communications
skills.
Program
Organizations
- Lambda
Pi Eta Communication Honor Society
Dr. Alice E. Stephens and Pro. Carol C. Mitchell-Leon, Advisors
Room G-31 or G-76
(404) 880-6132 or (404) 880-8297
E-mail: astephen@cau.edu or cleon@cau.edu
- WSTU-Radio (Student Operated)
Prof. Andrew Will,
Advisor
Room G-32
(404) 880-6233
E-mail: wclark@cau.edu
- CAU-TV
News Break (Student
Operated)
Ms. Murdell McFarlin, Advisor
Room G-12-C
(404) 880-8904
E-mail: mmcfarlin@cau.edu
- Panther
Newspaper
Prof. Shawn Evans-Mitchell, Advisor
Room G-32
(404) 880-6248
E-mail: sevansm@cau.edu
- Public
Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
Prof. Brenda J. Wright, Advisor
Rooms G-15
(404) 880-8957
E-mail: bwright@cau.edu
- 4-Reel
Productions (Film)
Prof. J.W. Lewis and
Ms. Deidre McDonald, Advisors
Rooms G-9 or G-78
(404) 880-8903/(404)880-6217
E-mail: jlewis@cau.edu
- Drop Frame
Productions
Dr. Herbert Eichelberger, Advisor
(404) 880-8294
E-mail: heichelb@cau.edu
- Digital
Production Lab (Multimedia Lab)
Mr. Tim Latners,
Operations Manager
Room G-18
(404) 880-6141
E-mail: tlatners@cau.edu
- Internships,
Scholarships, Graduate Programs
Prof. Deidre McDonald, Director
Room G-72
(404) 880-6217
E-mail: dmcdonal@cau.edu
- Jamaica
Study Abroad Program
Communication Arts Journal
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
Prof. James McJunkins, Sr., Advisor
Room G-11
(404) 880-8309
E-mail: jmcjunkins@cau.edu
- The CAU
Players (Theatre)
Prof. Carol Mitchell-Leon, Director
Room G-14
(404) 880-8297
E-mail: cleon@cau.edu
- Forensics
Society
Niaz Kahn,
Advisor
Room G-35
(404) 880-8295
E-mail: nkahn@cau.edu
- Mass Media
Arts Club
Prof. James McJunkins, Sr., Advisor
Room G-11
(404) 880-8309
E-mail: jmcjunki@cau.edu
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