Coral Gables, FL (May 12, 2008) - The Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication and Independent Television Service International (ITVS) announced their partnership on Friday, May 9, to engage public broadcasters from Bahrain, Colombia, India, and South Africa to create television programs addressing the global potable water crisis. The partners launched the venture at the International Public Television (INPUT) Conference in Johannesburg where the partners participated with the globe’s broadcasters and filmmakers at a Leadership Summit to coordinate and plan the next steps for this collaboration. 

Coral Gables, FL (May 7, 2008) – When Lelen Bourgoignie-Robert began as a professor at the University of Miami in the visual communication program in 1992, all she had to work with was a wet darkroom and a traditional film lab. “Upon my arrival I asked for an Apple computer and a scanner, and the journey and learning haven’t stopped since,” recalled Bourgoignie-Robert, who announced her retirement last fall.

Coral Gables, FL (May, 8 2008) - Sam Roberts, professor-in-professional-practice of broadcast journalism, retires after nine years on the faculty at the University of Miami School of Communication. Roberts taught graduate and undergraduate broadcast journalism students at the School and held the distinguished Frances L. Wolfson Chair in Communication Studies.

Coral Gables, FL (April 24, 2007) - Electronic Media and Sports Administration major, Brittany Viola, was named the NCAA Diver of the Year after her championship win on March 22 in Columbus, Ohio.  Viola, 21, has been diving since she was 13 and is an Olympic hopeful. 

Coral Gables, FL (May 5, 2008) - The 2008 ‘Canes Film Festival kicked off Friday, May 2nd. The festival showcased narrative, documentary, and animated films produced by graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in the School of Communication’s motion picture program.

Kent State University Stark Campus, led by Dean Betsy V. Boze, will celebrate Earth Day 2008 by sponsoring the United States Premiere of “One Water,” a film that celebrates the planet’s relationship to water, at 7:30 p.m. April 22 at the Palace Theatre in downtown Canton.

Coral Gables, FL (April 14, 2008) –The University of Miami Debate team was recognized for several achievements by the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) at its recent National Tournament in Wichita, Kansas.  UM has won CEDA’s First Place Public Sphere Award for 2008. The Public Sphere Award honors the debate program which has best advanced the values of public debate and debate activities throughout diverse communities.

Coral Gables, FL (April 7, 2008) - The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) awarded eleven Region Three Mark of Excellence Awards to School of Communication students at the organization’s March 29th conference at the University of South Carolina. The awards honor the best of student journalism throughout the country and offer 39 categories for print, radio, television, and online collegiate journalism.

CORAL GABLES, FL (Mar. 25, 2007) – The idea behind the new student magazine at the University of Miami is to offer a fun distraction from the pressures of studying, test-taking, hectic schedules, and obsessing about whether there’s a job out there upon graduation.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (March 24, 2008) - The 2007 World Press Photo exhibit opened in the Dominican Republic on March 17 at the Museo de las Casas Reales in the Zona Colonial of Santo Domingo. More than 100 invited guests attended the opening reception sponsored by the Dominican newspaper Hoy.  The World Press Photo exhibit contains the winning images from the 2007 annual photojournalism contest held in Amsterdam.  The exhibit’s visit to Santo Domingo was sponsored by the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication.

Coral Gables, FL (March 18, 2008) - Konstantia Kontaxis, SoC Motion Picture Professor, edited, directed and produced The Culture of the Structure, which screened in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center on Friday, March 28. Supported by Miami-Dade’s Art in Public Places and the School of Communication, the film chronicles the creation and installation of six works of art at the Miami Center for the Performing Arts, and captures intimate details of the creative and production processes.

Sponsored by the University of Miami Knight Center for International Media

The World Press Photo Exhibit made a stop in the School of Communication’s Common Ground Courtyard from February 26-March 5. The exhibit, which came to the SoC for the second year, is a collection of the organization’s 2007 award-winning photographs.  The winning photographs of the traveling photo exhibit were selected from 4,460 professional photographers from 124 countries. 

Coral Gables, FL (March 17, 2008) - Joe Treaster, one of the SoC’s newest faculty additions and the Knight Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication, moderated a panel on China’s economy for the China Institute in Manhattan on Friday, March 14. Treaster hosted the talk with panelists Paul Bennett, Chief Economist, NYSE Euronext; Jay Bryson, Global Economist, Wachovia Corporation; and Donald H. Straszheim, Vice Chairman, Roth Capital Partners LLC.

Six years in the making, the film is a visually stunning and powerful documentary on the global water crisis

Coral Gables, FL (Feb. 19) – More than two hundred thought leaders, social entrepreneurs and media pioneers gathered Feb. 26-28 for the fourth-annual We Media Forum and Festival. The two-day event, organized and produced by iFOCOS, the Reston, Va.-based media think tank, will bring together leaders from across industry sectors to jumpstart innovative thinking and new media ventures through panels discussions, workshops and mentoring sessions. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.ifocos.org

CORAL GABLES, FL (Feb. 22, 2008)– Madeleine Blais says that when she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980, the news came into The Miami Herald newsroom over a noisy ticker-tape machine in late afternoon – and soon was followed by a spontaneous party at her Miami Beach home.