The journalism lab or "J-lab" includes state-of-the-art computer work stations shared with the adjacent art department include such peripherals as film and flatbed scanners, color and black-and-white printers, graphics tablets, digital, still, and video cameras, and various types of media readers/writers. Students learn computer software used by graphic artists in painting, photography, multimedia, typography, layout, and illustration. Applications include recent versions of Photoshop, Freehand, Quark, Painter, Flash, and Director.