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Can you design a campus news/social media studio?

(Updated Aug. 22 with new final paragraph)

(Updated Sept. 5 with another new final paragraph)

A truly inspired Vanderbilt University student media video among the College Media Association Pinnacle Award finalists got me thinking more about an idea I’ve kicked around recently.

The idea: A “studio” at the busiest point on campus where your student media outlet engages readers, gathers news and sparks conversation. Below are some bare-bones specs. I hope you’ll help flesh it out with some big ideas.

But first, the video: a Vandy student walks around campus asking people, “What do you do that’s awesome?”

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