http://com.miami.edu/site/index.php/site/index/ en webmastercom@miami.edu Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T15:24:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/coral_gables_home_page_launches/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/coral_gables_home_page_launches/#When:15:24:00Z Coral Gables, FL (Oct. 19, 2009) - Gables Home Page (http://www.GablesHomePage.com), a non-profit online news and information exchange for the Coral Gables community, officially launched on Oct. 23, 2009. The hyper-local community website is funded by the Coral Gables Community Foundation with support from a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Community Information Challenge grant. Content is written and compiled by Gables Home Page staff and the University of Miami School of Communication in a unique collaboration involving students and faculty.  “The free flow of information—especially in this rapidly unfolding digital age—is essential to maintaining and enhancing our quality of life,” said Jerry Santeiro, Chairman of the Coral Gables Community Foundation. “Gables Home Page is community property for all of us who either live or work in Coral Gables to share, enjoy and have our voices be heard.” Residents, young and old, and those who work or go to school in Coral Gables are invited to be a part of the dialogue. Bloggers, guest contributors and citizen journalists are welcome to contribute. Content includes everything from local news to arts & entertainment, business, sports, education and dining/restaurants. Unique features of the website include a ‘virtual town square,’ which invokes memories of an open town square where the community would gather to discuss issues of the day and set an agenda. In this setting online, users will be asked to comment on local issues of importance and through a respectful dialogue, identify solutions to these issues. A code of conduct and civility policy for all users is posted on the site. Gables Home Page has created an Editorial Advisory Board consisting of community leaders and seasoned journalists who have developed policies and procedures for users to follow as well. All users must register to be able to comment and anonymous postings will not be accepted online. “Gables Home Page is leading the way in Coral Gables with our own distinct culture of civility and politeness online.” added Santeiro. The one-of-a-kind information exchange will sustain itself long term by selling online advertising and sponsorships. Gables Home Page is free of charge with no subscription fee to members. Gables Home Page is a non-profit online news and information exchange for the Coral Gables community.  The hyper-local community website provides a free flow of information to the community at large in a respectful and dignified setting online. Residents, young and old, or those who work in Coral Gables are invited to comment online. Join the conversation at http://www.GablesHomePage.com, Twitter and Facebook. Features 2009-11-05T15:24:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/umtvs_newsvision_receives_emmy_nomination/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/umtvs_newsvision_receives_emmy_nomination/#When:17:13:00Z Coral Gables, FL (Oct . 22, 2009) – UMTV’s NewsVision has been nominated for a 2009 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award. The nominated newscast aired on April 16, 2009 and was produced by Seniors Chris Nielsen and Rory Lincoln, and anchored by Ryan Hughes, B.S.C. ’09, and Senior Jenna King.  The show led with a story on University of Miami students who were being evicted from their rental units due to foreclosure. Winners will be announced at the Emmy dinner on Dec. 5 in Orlando.  The Suncoast Chapter of the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences offers the annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, LA, Mobile, AL, Thomasville, GA, and Puerto Rico. UMTV’s NewsVision is produced twice a week by undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Communication. The half-hour news program covers local, state, national and international news with materials produced by University of Miami students and CNN. School of Communication Professors Andy Barton, Terry Bloom and Ellen Fleysher serve as faculty advisors to the show. NewsVision airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable channel 96. For more information on UMTV, visit http://umtv.miami.edu/. To watch the Emmy nominated show, visit: http://umtv.miami.edu/site/admin/show_news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1239926701&archive=&template= Features 2009-10-27T17:13:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/knight_center_and_csis_partner_for_event_series_on_global_issues/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/knight_center_and_csis_partner_for_event_series_on_global_issues/#When:15:08:01Z MIAMI, FL (Oct. 25, 2009) - The University of Miami Knight Center for International Media and The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) are pleased to announce the launch of a yearlong series of monthly dialogues focusing on today’s most pressing strategic global challenges. "OUR GLOBAL CHALLENGES: A Series of Dialogues on the Most Pressing Global Issues of Our Time,” will be a monthly series of panel discussions to be held at CSIS in Washington.  The Global Challenges Series will focus on discussions surrounding the eight United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals:  Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education; Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women; Goal 4: Reduce child mortality; Goal 5: Improve maternal health; Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability; and Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development. The series will feature political leaders, innovators, international experts, thought leaders and public figures from around the world. While the panels will be attended by the Washington-based policy community, academia and the private sector, what will make the program unique is the partnership with the University of Miami’s Knight Center for International Media.  This nexus between policy and media will include dissemination of the information presented during the Global Challenges Series not just to participants, but to audiences globally via the World Wide Web. The first session of the dialogue series will be held at CSIS on Nov. 2 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. and will feature a panel discussion titled “Meeting the challenge of the Millennium Development Goals in Haiti: A progress report from the poorest country in the Americas.” This session will be streamed live from: wmedia.csis.org. The panel will be comprised of: Dr. Barth Green, Project Medishare Co-Founder and Chairman of The Global Institute at the University of Miami; Garry Conille, Team Leader of the Millennium Development Goals Support Cluster, United Nations Development Programme; and Haiti’s Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Raymond Joseph.  Haiti’s experience will be used to inform audiences about several Millennium Development Goals. The Global Challenges series will be moderated by Mariam Atash Nawabi, an attorney, policy expert and journalist.  Nawabi is also the host of America Abroad Media TV’s PUL show- a weekly public interest program, recorded in the United States for broadcast throughout Afghanistan.  Nawabi will guide an interactive and informative discussion between guests at each Global Challenges program and facilitate audience feedback. “The University of Miami School of Communication’s Knight Center is committed to developing cross-border communication on the incredible challenges faced by our world,” said Sam Grogg, Dean of the University of Miami School of Communication. “These dialogues will contribute mightily to understanding, which will provide the basis for action.” “Our new partnership with the University of Miami’s Knight Center for International Media will provide a unique forum to discuss critical issues of global significance,” said CSIS President and CEO John Hamre. “We are proud to partner with the Knight Center, as it is ideally positioned to help us explore and shed light on some of the world’s most pressing policy challenges.” For more information about this series, contact H. Andrew Schwartz, (202) 775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org Features 2009-10-25T15:08:01-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/um_school_of_communication_to_hold_dialogue_on_haiti/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/um_school_of_communication_to_hold_dialogue_on_haiti/#When:21:22:00Z Coral Gables, FL (Oct . 21, 2009) - The University of Miami School of Communication’s Visual Journalism Program hosted a conversation with award-winning photojournalists on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and SoC Alumnus Patrick Farrell and internationally-recognized photographer Maggie Steber discussed experiences covering events in Haiti, and presented images from their work in the developing country. Farrell, a 1981 graduate of the UM School of Communication, has been a staff photographer for the Miami Herald since 1987. In 2008, he was sent to Haiti in the midst of a volatile hurricane season. Haiti was devastated by three major hurricanes, Gustav, Hanna and Ike, and Farrell experienced the damage first-hand. For his photography of Haiti during that year, he won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. Steber is a highly-honored and internationally-known documentary photographer, educator and photo editor. In 1992, Steber published Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti based on her work documenting life and death in Haiti during the 1980s and ’90s. From 1999 to 2003, Steber became the Director of Photography for the Miami Herald. Under Steber’s leadership, the Herald was twice a finalist for its coverage of the Elian Gonzalez case and received a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography in 2000. She was also the Knight Center for International Media resident professional at the UM School of Communication in 2007.  Features 2009-10-21T21:22:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/umtvs_u_tunes_exposes_musical_talent_at_the_university_of_miami/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/umtvs_u_tunes_exposes_musical_talent_at_the_university_of_miami/#When:15:32:00Z CORAL GABLES, FL (Oct. 7, 2009) - A new multimedia partnership between the School of Communication, the Frost School of Music and UMTV brings a fresh look at the talent at the University of Miami. The prestigious schools have formed a new alliance around UMTV’s musical talent TV show “U-Tunes.” The partnership will provide students in the fields of television and music engineering the opportunity to combine their talents into an exciting and entertaining project broadcast on UMTV, Channel-96. The show will feature performances by students vying for the right as the winner of “U-Tunes” for the semester. In addition to the new spotlight put on music talent, judges from the Frost School of Music faculty, the South Florida music industry, Grammy U Sponsored Judges, and the student-run music related companies at UM will ensure the entertaining commentary and an exciting competition. Originally launched in fall 2008 as “Musical Expression,” U-Tunes is UM’s first musical talent competition. With the support of the Frost School of Music and ’Cane Records, the winner of the U-Tunes competition will receive complimentary registration for the Miami Music Festival as well as a prize package valued at over $100 provided by ’Cane Records and other sponsors.  U-Tunes will begin production for its first season under the new partnership at the Frost School of Music’s Weeks Recording Studio on Oct. 5th beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the first NEW EPISODE will air Monday Oct. 12th at 10:00 p.m. and will also be available on http://umtv.miami.edu. Those interested joining the crew for U-Tunes should email UMTV@miami.edu for more details. Media Contact: Natalia Crujeiras, Director of Broadcast Operations, 305-284-6069 Serona Elton, Faculty Advisor for ‘Cane Records, 305-284-9856 Features 2009-10-07T15:32:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/knight_centers_second_international_multimedia_workshop_was_a_success/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/knight_centers_second_international_multimedia_workshop_was_a_success/#When:21:11:00Z Under the direction of the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism, University of Miami School of Communication professor Rich Beckman, 18 journalists and journalism educators from across Africa converged on Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, in September to learn cutting edge multimedia journalism skills and strategies during a five-day workshop. Beginning with audio slide shows taught by Jim Seida of MSNBC and video-journalism by David Dunkley Gyimah of Westminster University in London, the students tackled new ways of storytelling in a multimedia world.  They worked with new equipment and reporting problems that ranged from dealing with background noise to new ways of asking questions during interviews. “This workshop was clearly one of the best,” said Sam Terilli, associate professor at the University of Miami School of Communication, who conducted a half-day session on journalistic ethics that led to a wide-ranging discussion about different cultural perspectives on the forces affecting the purposes of journalism.  “Everyone learned from everyone else – teacher and student alike – as we shared ideas, problems, strategies and questions,” he said. Loaded with tripods, audio recorders and cameras, the participants spent many hours in the field practicing their new storytelling skills and even more hours in the lab editing under the guidance of the instructors and Trevor Green of the Knight Center for International Media. The moment of truth for each exercise came the next session when each participant played his or her audio and then video story for the entire group, which would offer constructive critiques, ask questions and debate strategies. Sanjeev Chatterjee, Knight Center’s executive director, said these workshops have a dual purpose – to train international journalists and journalism educators on multimedia journalism but also to help them train local students to produce underreported stories around the world.  “These workshops’ trainees and their students are committed to contributing local multimedia content to the Knight Center’s world cities anchor project, a major undertaking for us,” said Chatterjee.  “Their stories will be published and have a real impact,” he said, noting this was the second of a series of international multimedia workshops for journalism educators to be organized by the Knight Center in coordination with its anchor project on world cities. The workshop ended on a Sunday with MobileActive’s Katrin Verclas, a Knight grantee, who taught the participants new ways of using cellular telephones as both tools of both professional and citizen journalism to gather and report news.  To read more about her class, click here. Features 2009-09-28T21:11:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/soc_welcomes_new_students_to_2009_2010_academic_year/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/soc_welcomes_new_students_to_2009_2010_academic_year/#When:15:46:00Z Coral Gables, FL (Aug. 26, 2009) - School of Communication Dean Sam L Grogg and the rest of the School’s faculty and staff welcomed over 400 new students for the 2009-2010 academic year. Classes began Aug. 26. Among the new additions are 77 graduate students, 230 undergraduate students and 111 transfers. New students had the opportunity to meet faculty and staff at the numerous orientation activities that began taking place a week before classes commenced. Also new this year is the inauguration of the Master of Arts in Multimedia Journalism program, whose enrollment reached full capacity in its first semester. The program emphasizes theoretical and production practices within the fields of journalism, still photography, video, sound and multimedia. The School of Communication also welcomes a new lecturer in the public relations program, Maria Elles Scott. Ms. Scott has over a decade of experience as a practicing journalist and publicist within the sports community. She will be teaching Advanced Public Relations Writing and Design and Public Relations Campaigns. For more information about the Multimedia Journalism M.A., click here. The University of Miami School of Communication seeks to prepare analytical and responsible communication professionals for success in a global society.  The School offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, visual journalism, communication studies and motion pictures, with a total current enrollment of approximately 1500 students and 60 full-time faculty members. Features 2009-09-02T15:46:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/read_the_summer_fall_2009_issue_of_communique/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/read_the_summer_fall_2009_issue_of_communique/#When:15:35:00Z Click here to read the latest issue of Communiqué Features 2009-09-02T15:35:00-04:00 http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/article/high_school_students_experience_evolving_face_of_journalism_at_the_universi/ http://com.miami.edu/news/index.php/site/high_school_students_experience_evolving_face_of_journalism_at_the_universi/#When:16:28:00Z CORAL GABLES, FL (July 25, 2009)—After three weeks of working with experienced professionals, reporting and writing, and getting a taste of college life, 22 South Florida high school students have completed the annual Peace Sullivan/ James Ansin High School Workshop in Journalism and New Media. The University of Miami’s School of Communication opened its doors July 5 to the eager students from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach school districts. They lived in campus housing and attended workshops in the school led by Workshop Director Yves Colon, School of Communication lecturer and former Miami Herald reporter and editor. Visiting professionals included Myriam Marquez, columnist and chair of the editorial board at the Miami Herald; Joe Garcia, a recent nominee for a seat in the House of Representatives and former head of the Cuban American National Foundation; and John Lantigua, writer for the Palm Beach Post. They provided students the inside “scoop” on daily journalism practices, particularly journalism’s evolution from print to web-based publishing. “Journalism is not dead, it’s just changing,” said Reed Cowan, anchor/reporter at WSVN, Channel 7, and speaker at the workshop’s closing ceremony, which took place July 25. “The worst thing you can do for yourself is be a ‘one trick pony.’ While you’re in school, take advantage of the resources around you. In this business it’s better to be good at a lot of things instead of great at a few.” Students toured the SunSentinel, the Miami Herald, and WSVN-Channel 7 to experience a live newsroom and the work involved in creating a daily newspaper, both print and online, and news broadcasts. “We got a chance to take a behind the scenes tour of the broadcast station, which was awesome,” said Alexa Volland of Seminole High in St. Petersburg, a workshop participant. “Seeing the way a paper works was kind of overwhelming in a way, and made me think about where I might be in four years.” This year’s program theme was the changing relationship between the United States and Cuba. The students produced Miami Montage, a tabloid-size newspaper, a corresponding website and multimedia news stories. “We picked this topic because of the recent changes in the relationship between the two countries since the election [of Barack Obama], knowing the deep impact on southern Florida,” said Colon. “We thought there was no other place more suited to explore this fascinating subject.” Students who go through the workshop and apply to the University of Miami are eligible to receive a four-year, half-tuition scholarship to attend UM’s School of Communication. Funds for the scholarship are provided by James Ansin, president and station manager for WSVN – Channel 7 and Peace Sullivan, a philanthropist and a retired journalist and psychoanalyst. Workshop sponsors include the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, the St. Petersburg Times and the University of Miami. The Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop in Journalism and New Media has been going on for 26 years and accepts student from the tri-county area. Check out this year’s Miami Montage project. For more information about the workshop, contact Yves Colon at 305-284-3752 or . Contact Information: Melissa Rubi-Falcón (305) 284-6748 Courtnae Sawyers (305) 967-1581 Features 2009-07-31T16:28:00-04:00