The USQ Newsroom employs the latest in technology and software to train students in writing and reporting for print and broadcast. The newsroom is equipped with iMac computers, Internet access, a telephone for interviewing, laser printers, a newspaper archive and mini-disc playback machines. The newsroom is used for tutorial sessions and for producing afternoon radio news bulletins and weekly television newscasts.
Students have access to the newsroom after-hours for conducting research and completing assignments.
Students work with digital telephone interview equipment and field recorders to collect interviews and other audio materials for later editing in the studio. The studio is used regularly for preparing assignments and producing afternoon news bulletins on 4DDB-FM Radio on the Darling Downs. The USQ television studio offers a mixture of digital and video facilities that are used in the production of weekly television newscasts. Broadcast journalism and media production students work together to shoot, edit and produce the 20-minute UTV News program. Their media counterparts operate the field and studio cameras, as well as take on the roles of floor director, audio, director, assistant director, switcher and video-tape operator.