 | Computer and Production Areas | Room Number: 1, 2 and 3 Studios
Students enrolled in production classes use three audio production studios and two color-equipped television studios. One of the studios has a news set donated by WAGA-TV, Atlanta. In addition, complete packages of portable color television cameras, videotape recorders, and videocassette editing equipment can be used by individuals and teams from the production news classes.
Facilities also include a fully operational computerized broadcast newsroom complete with satellite and broadcast monitors, Associated Press and Reuters news wires, custom scripting and rundown software, police and fire scanner, two phone lines, and full Internet computer access from all eight workstations.
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 | Faherty Lab | Room Number: 118
The Michael J. Faherty Broadcast Management Laboratory is a management teaching facility used by all areas of the Telecommunications Department. It contains some of the latest equipment in computer and video technology including: seven computers w/presentation capability including power point & programming analysis and management analysis software; large screen projection of all visual sources; two remote control cameras & switcher for focus group observation; SVHS video recorders and editing system; Internet connection; Elmo Video Projector; sound reinforcement; Compact disc and tape cassette playback; interconnection to in-house studio facilities allowing feeds from studios, satellite downlinks, and Intermedia Cable.
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 | The Broadcast Newsroom | Room Number: 120
The broadcast newsroom is used as both a learning laboratory and working newsroom to produce NEWSOURCE 15, a daily, live broadcast news program. It is an experimental facility co-developed with CNN to try out new technologies and news gathering systems. It includes a custom computer system integrated with complete Internet access, and four different kinds of digital nonlinear video editing stations. The news program is both a CNN and CBS affiliate. It receives daily satellite video feeds and internet delivered editorial information from those networks, as well as from the Associated Press. The newsroom is also equipped with a robotic newsroom camera, a five-line phone system, and a police scanner.
Video editing equipment shared between broadcast news and telecommunication include two high end, digital nonlinear edit systems and our digital videotape edit rooms.
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 | Editing Rooms | Room Number: 121 thru 127
Edit Rooms: There are six editing room suites located on the first floor: 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 and 127. Rooms 121 and 127 (non-linear editing) are reserved for Telecommunications Student use. Rooms 122, 123, 124 and 125 (linear editing) are reserved for Broadcast News Student use. Consult with instructor for which edit room(s) you are required to use for editing assignments.
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 | William J. Holland Conference Room | Room Number: 128
What professor Conrad Fink describes as the "perfect teaching environment" is created with students seated around a seminar table in the William J. Holland Conference Room.
"There is conversational back-and-forth that stimulates discussion and creates camaraderie," Fink says.
The room and its superb audiovisual equipment were financed by the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Newspaper Management Studies in honor of the late husband of the Institute's benefactor, Mrs. Betty Holland.
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 | Frank E. Gannett Photojournalism Laboratory | Room Number: 130
The photojournalism laboratory is used for introductory and advanced photojournalism classes. Students carry out photo assignments, edit pictures, create digital images and learn publication techniques.
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 | Digital Journalism Laboratory | Room Number: 132
The Digital Journalism Lab was funded by the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Newspaper Management Studies, and uses new technologies to aid in news gathering, data analysis and multi-media presentations.
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 | Open Lab | Room Number: 135
The college open lab was established as a multi-purpose lab for students working on class projects and assignments.
Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
If you arrive after the building is locked, the first floor door on the Sanford Drive side will be open.
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 | Telecommunication multimedia teaching and development lab | Room Number: 136
Classes using this laboratory create and distribute multimedia productions for computer platforms, videotape, and online systems (such as the Internet).
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| Himan Brown Audio Production Center | Room Number: 142A, B, C
THE HIMAN BROWN AUDIO PRODUCTION CENTER was established in 1988 as part of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication and named in honor of the man whose radio mystery and adventure shows earned him the title "Mr. Radio Drama."
The center is devoted to education and building a future for radio drama and audio in general. Its responsibilities include scholarships, curriculum development, grant procurement, and production of new shows and workshops.
It also functions as an archival depository for old and new shows and a distribution center for audio educational material for middle schools and high schools.
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 | Aronstam Advertising Seminar Conference Room | Room Number: 203
The room was named for Neil Aronstam, a Grady graduate and a pioneer of the media buying service movement and founder of the company now known as Independent Media. This conference room is used for classes, presentations and meetings.
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 | J. Thomas Russell Media Management Laboratory | Room Number: 204
Named in honor of former Grady Dean J. Thomas Russell, this lab is used for lecture and open lab for students enrolled in Advertising Copy Writing, Advanced Copy Writing and Campaigns.
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 | Dean's Conference Room 205 | Room Number: 205
This conference room is used for classes, presentations and meetings.
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 | Drewry Room | Room Number: 238
The Drewry Learning Resources Center is named in honor of the first dean. As a supplement to the University's Libraries, The Drewry Room houses numerous newspapers, trade publications, and professional journals. In addition, the Drewry Room houses an informal collection of over 3000 mass communication-related books and four computers for students to use. There is room for about 60 students to study.
For your conveniece, a copy machine is now operational in the Drewry Reading Room. Copies are 10 cents each, and it does have a UGA Card reader. Two student conference rooms are available for projects and meetings.
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 | C. Richard Yarbrough Public Relations Laboratory | Room Number: 239
The C. Richard Yarbrough Public Relations Laboratory is used primarily by fourth-year students in the PR Campaigns capstone course. The lab is modeled after the facilities of a small-to-medium sized PR firm.
Named after distinguished alumnus Dick Yarborough, managing director of communications for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the lab consists of a 12-seat conference room with state-of-the-art electronic audio-visual presentation equipment, plus a workroom with personal computers, printers, a scanner, faxes and phones.
Students set their objectives for their campaign projects, conduct research, plan/implement their strategies and present their projects to their class clients in the suite. Many non-profit organizations in Georgia have beneffited as clients for the students' projects.
The PR suite was dedicated on October 20, 1995, as the first of the college's student labs. On April 27, 2009, a Yarbrough-commissioned portrait was unveiled in a special Grady ceremony and now hangs in the lab.
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 | Millard B. Grimes Lab for Excellence in Print Journalism | Room Number: 241
This journalism laboratory is dedicated to Millard B. Grimes, a journalist whose career spans more than half a century as a Georgia reporter, columnist, entrepreneur, publisher, editor of newspapers and magazines, corporate president and newspaper historian. The department uses this lab for beginning writing and editing classes.
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 | Magazine Association of Georgia Writing and Editing Lab | Room Number: 242
Students produce a magazine each semester. Past issues include a travel magazine, a magazine for outdoor living, one dedicated to teens at risk of dropping out of high school, and one on water issues in the state of Georgia. Magazine majors graduate to publishing jobs in New York, Atlanta, other U.S. cities, and other countries (i.e., Belgium, China, Dominica, and Spain).
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 | Georgia Press Association Lab | Room Number: 243
Funded by the Georgia Press Association, the Journalism department dedicated this lab to the education of future leaders of Georgia's newspapers in honor of present and past Georgia Press Association members. The lab is used for reporting and editing instruction.
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 | Graphics Lab | Room Number: 311
In 1997, renovation began on the existing Graphics Lab. The darkroom was removed, expanding the lab for more student stations and a manager's office. The existing teaching assistant's office became an additional faculty office.
The lab was again upgraded in 2003, replacing the G3s with G5s and 20? flat-screen color monitors. Software updates included Quark 6, Photoshop 7, InDesign 2, Dreamweaver MX, Acrobat 6 and a Microsoft Office Suite. Three HP Color inkjet CP1700 printers were purchased, as well as a Phaser 7700 (larger format) color printer. Each student station now has an Epson Perfection 1670 scanner. The lab is also equipped for lecture with an Elmo (EV-400 AV) and a Sharp LCD projector.
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