Coral Gables, FL (Nov. 14, 2008) – School of Communication visual journalism students spent several weeks leading up to the Presidential election observing, talking and reporting what they saw in the historic Miami neighborhood of the West Grove. 

While reading William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade, I developed the prejudice that the title sequence of a film merits scant discussion, because the “meat” is elsewhere.  With a director as thorough as Alfred Hitchcock, however, the “meat” is everywhere, and even the title sequence plays an integral role in the film’s thematic structure, revealing much beyond the identity of those who worked on the film. Consider the title sequence from Shadow of a Doubt (1943), which features conventional title cards superimposed over a low-angle shot of couples clad in Victorian formal wear dancing around a ballroom to the tune of Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow Waltz” from his 1905 operetta The Merry Widow.What does this shot signify?

Coral Gables, FL (Dec. 2, 2008) - Below is a blog post from School of Communication alumna Kanika Chadda, M.A. ’08. Kanika reports on her experience as a working journalist during the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. She is presently working for India’s CNN sister station, CNN-IBN.

Coral Gables, FL (Nov. 10, 2008) – The 2007 Ibis Yearbook was awarded the Pacemaker Award, considered the highest honor awarded to college publications by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP).

Coral Gables, FL (Nov. 20, 2008) – Until now, only smuggled photographs and desperate tales have described them.

Coral Gables, FL (November 19, 2008)—University of Miami students showed PRADUM support on the good-weathered evening of Tuesday, Nov. 18th as they enjoyed free food and seized the opportunity to network with local communications professionals.