Ileana Oroza, M.A. Lecturer, Journalism

Ileana Oroza joined the School of Communication faculty in January 2000. For the previous 22 years, she was on the staff of The Miami Herald. In her last position at The Herald, as assistant managing editor, she supervised newsroom operations in the evenings and was responsible for the Universal Desk and A section content. Also at The Herald, she served on the editorial board and was foreign editor and arts and entertainment editor. She began her Herald career at El Herald, where she served as city editor, features editor and general assignment reporter. Before working at The Herald, she was a producer of public affairs programs at WPLG-Channel 10. Oroza has an M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. from Newcomb College, Tulane University, both in English literature. She spent her junior year at the University of Sheffield, England.

Oroza was a Thomas J. Watson fellow in Europe, 1971-72; a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Chapel Hill, 1972-73; and a National Arts Journalism Fellow at Columbia University in New York, 1995-96. She was on the board of the National Arts Journalism Program from 1996 to 2002. She is a member of the boards of the Cintas Foundation and the Miami Design Preservation League.

Ileana Oroza
School of Communication
Frances L. Wolfson Building 2017
5100 Brunson Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Phone: (305) 284-4080
Fax: (305) 284-3648
E-mail: ioroza@miami.edu