Coral Gables, FL (June 29, 2009) – School of Communication Alumnus Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s debut film, EASIER WITH PRACTICE, won the Best International Feature Prize at the 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 28.

Walter McDowell, an associate professor and director of the electronic media, broadcast journalism, and media management program in the School of Communication, has been awarded the Barry Sherman Teaching Award by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

In light of a water crisis professionals have deemed responsible for 10% of the world’s disease burden, United Press International (UPI) is using its global water crisis feature page as a venue for collaboration with water experts. The feature page’s most recent addition is a weekly column written by 1h2o.org Editor Joseph B. Treaster, a professor at the University of Miami’s School of Communication.

The School of Communication student magazine, distraction, has been awarded two honors from the 2008 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards program.

The University of Miami School of Communication congratulates Dylan Brooks, Gaby Loria, Cassie Glenn and Ben Cathey for receiving scholarships from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 

CORAL GABLES, FL (April 27, 2009) – A series of international multimedia workshops sponsored by the Knight Center for International Media launched this month at Hong Kong Baptist University.

University of Miami School of Communication alumnus Patrick Farrell has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his images of victims in Haiti, affected by the storms of 2008. 

The University of Miami graduate journalism program will sponsor a forum on April 20 for candidates running in the North Miami mayoral and council elections.

News Vision was named Best College Newscast by the Florida Press Broadcasters Association at their annual conference in Orlando.