New equipment launches MUTV into 10th year
Staffers celebrated at launch party Monday night.
Sept. 30, 2008
Freshmen Quinten Roberson and Cameron Williams and sophomore Chimereze Oji grab burritos catered by Chipotle during the MUTV/Channel 22 Launch Party on Monday in Memorial Union. MUTV launched its new season of original programming during the event.
New equipment and programming was reason to celebrate for MUTV/Channel 23 during its 10-year anniversary Monday in Stotler Lounge in Memorial Union.
MUTV staff spent the evening eating burritos, pizza and cake that read "23 MUTV Celebrating 10 Years." They noted the "10 Things We Love About MUTV" and watched archives from the past 10 years and footage from the first few weeks of the school year.
The new year of MUTV has brought many new changes and innovations that will drastically improve the station, MUTV general manager Sarah Schultz said. Last year, MUTV acquired $12,000 from the Missouri Students Association, which oversees the station, to buy two Mac Pro computers and one Canon XL2 camera.
Schultz said MUTV has grown to the size where it needs this equipment and it has become twice as productive with two more computers. The station has about 170 staffers this year, compared with 120 last year and 40 the year before that, she said. It has slated a spot in the new student center for January 2011, which will accommodate the growing staff and equipment, Schultz said.
MUTV will benefit from the new equipment because the station depends on the staff to have a consistent product and the staff must have reliable equipment that will always work, Schultz said.
"Cameras and computers are the essence of what we do," Schultz said. "The more equipment we have, the more resources we can give the staff, the more information we can give the student body."
Andrew Patchell, assistant general manager of production and equipment manager, said the new equipment will improve reporting and quality.
"Students do their own camera work, reporting and editing," Patchell said. "They will be able to cover more and there will be less backup with more equipment."
Schultz said MUTV realizes it can be more of a resource to the MU campus, Columbia and Jefferson City because of the assets it has been given.
Every time she is in the office, at least three out of four of the computers are in use, Shultz said. The staff is always working on MUTV projects and projects for other organizations. Some of these projects include a Mizzou After Dark promotion and STRIPES commercial.
During the back to school barbecue, MUTV hooked up live cameras and mixed shots of the students dancing with music videos.
This year the station has added two new programs to the station, "A Marvelous Time" and "MU's IT Program Presents." It is also contemplating adding a cooking show next semester.
Computer science instructor Chip Gubera said "MU's IT Program Presents" is about spotlighting students in the program. Staff members use skills they have obtained in the program to produce the show.
When Schultz became director two years ago, she scrapped the previous eight years and started over making changes for the better, she said.
"We have brought a better work ethic into everything we do," Schultz said.
A year ago the station's product needed to be more consistent, so it used the launch party as an incentive to raise quality and increase timeliness, Schultz said.
Correction: The original version of this story stated MUTV has about 170 staffers, nearly six times as many as two years ago. The station actually had 120 staffers last year and 40 the year before that. The Maneater regrets the error. (Added 3:57 p.m., October 2, 2008)
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