Kim Grinfeder is an assistant professor in the Visual Journalism program at the University of Miami School of Communication. He joined the faculty in 2003 and holds a master's degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University and a bachelor of arts in History from the University of Miami. His research interests include interaction design and multimedia storytelling. His professional background includes positions in design, programming, and new media consulting. Kim currently teaches in the areas multimedia design, programming and production.

His awards include NPPA Best of Photojournalism (best of the web & 1st and 2nd place best multimedia package - 2006), Flash in the Can (2006), Pictures of the Year International (2006), the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Best of Web Award (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), he has received three honorable mentions in the Knight Batten Awards (2006, 2008), Broadcasting Educators Association (2009), a Gold Award Winner in the Horizon Interactive Awards, was nominated for a Webby Award and was a finalist at the Flash Forward Film Festival.

Projects he has worked on:

Special Olympics Live, Idaho World Winter Games 2009
http://live.specialolympics.org

Nuestra Mirada
http://www.nuestramirada.org

World Press Photo Interviews
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/images/stories/videos/Interviews/

Roads of Dreams
http://www.roadsofdreams.org/

Money, Power, Respect
http://brendakenneally.com/theblock/

Big Trigg
http://brendakenneally.com/bigtrigg

His students have also won numerous awards for their projects under his guidance. Their projects may be viewed at (2008 forward):

http://www.visualjournalism.org

Kim Grinfeder
School of Communication
Frances L. Wolfson Building 2022
5100 Brunson Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: (305) 284-6253
Fax: (305) 284-5205
E-mail: grinfeder@miami.edu