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UM Publications Win Mark of Excellence Awards

The Mark of Excellence awards honor the best journalism students. Awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists, students in print, radio, television and online collegiate journalism are recognized. To be eligible for this award, students cannot have had full-time or professional journalism experience except for internships. The contest is open to all college students studying journalism either in the U.S. or internationally. Entries are judged on accuracy and completeness, originality and creativity, adherence to high journalistic standards, significance and effectiveness, clarity, insight and respect for the audience, creative use of [...]

2019-12-17T19:39:31-05:00August 22, 2015|Broadcast Journalism, Journalism|
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Calle Ocho at 360 Degrees

In a strip mall on Eighth Street in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, there’s a typical Cuban coffee shop named Pablo’s Cafecito. The only way to get a seat at the counter is to put on your Oculus. Pablo’s Cafecito is the setting for Calle Ocho, the University of Miami School of Communication’s first venture into 360 degree filming. Previous films using virtual reality (VR) technology have taken viewers to the tops of mountains or on bike rides through the country. Calle Ocho is the first student-produced narrative 360 degree film, [...]

August 22, 2015|Interactive Media, Motion Pictures|
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Beloved Journalism Professor Alan Prince Passes Away

For more than two decades, Alan Prince drilled School of Communication students at the University of Miami in journalistic writing, editing and history. To each class, say students, faculty and administrators, he brought a keen sense of integrity, knowledge and professional know-how. Prince, who retired from the university in 2000, suffered a fall in March after which he contracted the flu and pneumonia.  In and out of the hospital and rehabilitation centers for the past three months, Prince died under the care of a family friend on June 17. “I [...]

August 22, 2015|Journalism|
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School of Communication Offers a Semester in LA

Starting in the spring semester of 2016, selected senior and junior students majoring in motion pictures or media management will have the opportunity to gain professional experience through a 14-week semester in Los Angeles. The semester is supervised by School of Communication faculty and taught in LA by handpicked adjuncts with professional experience and advanced degrees.  Program participants will be expected to take 12 credits of classes and three credits of supervised internship. “I’m personally extremely excited because this semester in Los Angeles offers a huge opportunity to our media [...]

August 22, 2015|Media Management, Motion Pictures|
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Unsavory Earns Gold Honor in International Serious Play Competition

Unsavory, the mobile game developed by NERDLab at the University of Miami’s School of Communication in collaboration with Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United, won a gold honor in the Games for Good category at the 2015 International Serious Play Awards competition. The competition recognizes outstanding examples of titles that deliver a high quality of engagement and learning opportunities for students, employees, or other education or training situations. Unsavory places game players in the role of a restaurant employee at an eatery named Rocket Taco to see if they can prepare [...]

2019-12-17T19:39:18-05:00August 22, 2015|Interactive Media|
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Robert’s Rules for Summer Camp

Summer is a time when students are free from school and parents scramble to find a camp their child can have fun in, but that is also educational. With so many camp choices, probably the hardest sell for a parent to make to their free-from-the-constraints-of-learning child would be... debate camp. I can hear the conversation now: "You mean a camp that's like school,” asks a dumbfounded child. "Kind of, but I swear it's fun," says a parent with a trembling voice. This is the part when tears and arguments start [...]

August 22, 2015|Communication Studies|
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UMAA Celebrates Contributions, Impact of Alumni on West Coast

The UM Alumni Association brought together more than 700 prominent alumni, donors, and supporters for the Los Angeles (LA) regional engagement and celebration on June 4-5 which included the 10th annual Canes Film Showcase, the inaugural Regional Alumni Awards Ceremony, the spring Alumni Board of Directors meeting, and exclusive studio tours/master class for select School of Communication students. It was a unique opportunity for the Association to engage and recognize accomplished alumni, while offering a platform for alumni to reminisce about life at UM and create new memories amongst friends [...]

August 22, 2015|Motion Pictures|
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New Media Workshop Attracts – and Nurtures – New Talent

Within an hour of arriving on campus July 5, the students in this year’s Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Journalism and New Media Workshop settled on the issue that would consume them for the next three weeks: how climate change will affect South Florida. Now more than half way through the residential summer program, many of the students are as passionate about educating their peers about the threat rising seas pose to their futures as they are about pursuing careers in journalism. “Our research showed that by 2060 sea levels [...]

August 22, 2015|Journalism|
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Professor Edward Julbe Receives 2015’s Robert and Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Award

Edward Julbe, professor and faculty adviser to SportsDesk, is the recipient of the 2015 Robert and Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Effective Teaching at the University of Miami School of Communication. The Staub Faculty Excellence Award, an endowed gift from UM alumnus Robert Staub, B.B.A.’56, and his wife, Christine, recognizes a School of Communication faculty member for effectiveness in teaching, advising, mentoring, and service roles in and outside the classroom. Students and alumni nominate a deserving professor and a school committee selects the recipient. "It was truly unexpected [...]

2019-12-17T19:37:34-05:00August 22, 2015|Journalism|
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Professor Joseph B. Treaster, Writing in The New York Times

Professor Joseph B. Treaster, in the Department of Journalism and Media Management, worked as a reporter and foreign correspondent for The New York Times for more than 30 years before joining the University of Miami faculty. After coming to Miami, he edited The Times’ Eye of the Storm hurricane blog, managed a team of weather experts around the country and wrote frequently for Eye of the Storm. His latest contribution to The Times was an interview with Dr. David W. Breneman, an economist and former dean of the School of [...]

August 22, 2015|Journalism|
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