March 11, 2004
Liverpool John Moores University installs ENPS
To help its students understand how news reporting is transformed into broadcast journalism, Liverpool John Moores University recently installed ENPS, AP’s news production system.
The value of using an industry-standard product for teaching its students is clear: JMU students can now set up assignment grids, write scripts, build running orders, time scripts, and simulate bringing shows to air on the same software used by many of the world’s largest broadcasters. Not only will ENPS help teach students about how many different roles come together to create a broadcast, this hands-on approach will give JMU students a competitive edge once they enter the job market.
"JMU’s journalism students will be the first in the U.K. to learn how professional newsrooms, such as those in the BBC, use ENPS to put modern news bulletins together," said Chris Frost, JMU’s Head of Journalism. "This puts us at the cutting edge of broadcast news technology, allowing students to learn about journalism in a world that demands 24/7 news, transmitted as it is happening."
JMU has approximately 22,000 students and offers over 250 programs of study at undergraduate and postgraduate level, making it one of the largest and most progressive educational institutions in the United Kingdom. The university strives to give students a chance to be a part of the future by investing in, developing and securing the prosperity of their region for a new generation and maintains a respected track record in making higher education accessible to those who have never been given the opportunity.
ENPS helps manage news production for more than 44,000 reporters, writers, editors and producers in newsrooms in 42 countries and is used being by colleges and universities around the world to teach journalism, and, in many cases, produce local news programming.