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PRSSA To Hold First Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16

Wish you were here? We do, too! You are invited to attend UM PRSSA’s first meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the School of Communication Courtyard at 7:30 p.m to learn about the club and the exciting things happening this semester. It will also be a networking event so that you can connect with fellow members! The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is a national network of college students interested in public relations and communications. Students benefit from a variety of programming, which enhances their personal and professional [...]

September 11, 2014|Public Relations|
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Emmy-winning Director David Nutter Supports First Feature Film Fund

Television director and producer David Nutter, who has directed hit television shows including Game of Thrones, Homeland and Entourage, has given a significant gift to support the School of Communication’s First Feature Film Fund, as part of the University of Miami’s Momentum2 campaign. The Fund enables Motion Pictures students to complete a feature-length film while they’re working at UM, a critical step toward a career in filmmaking, said Ed Talavera, chair of the Department of Cinema and Interactive Media. “It’s invaluable to our students to have a completed film,” he [...]

2023-10-26T13:33:08-04:00September 9, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Cosford Cinema Kicks Off Fall Semester in 3-D

Screening the first 3-D film shown on campus, The Lego Movie, last week, the Bill Cosford Cinema inaugurated the ambitious technology upgrades the Division of Student Affairs, in partnership with the School of Communication and the student Cinematic Arts Commission (CAC), completed over the summer. “This technological upgrade for the Bill Cosford Cinema is terrific and timely for the University of Miami,” said Patricia A. Whitely, UM’s vice president for student affairs, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the Cosford’s new BARCO digital cinema projectors and Dolby 3D system. “This new [...]

September 8, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Internships: Learning Media Management in London

By Natalee Fernandez, Media Management senior LeBron James wasn’t the only one who couldn’t handle the heat during summer 2014. I too decided to take my talents from sultry South Beach to temperate London. From June to August, I interned with ReelDealHD, a video production company specializing in commercials, branded content, and stock footage. The team at ReelDealHD allowed me to learn every aspect of their business. I began working with the company’s editing department to create a new portfolio of show reels that would be used to catch the [...]

September 3, 2014|Journalism, Media Management|
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Rothman to deliver BookTalk on Hitchcock

Professor of Motion Pictures William Rothman will deliver a BookTalk, "Must We Kill the Thing We Love? Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock," on Wednesday, September 3 at 8 p.m. at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave. in Coral Gables. The talk is free and open to the public, and is produced in conjunction with the University of Miami Center for the Humanities. A livestream of the event will be available at http://new.livestream.com/uainmedia/rothman. Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock’s work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision [...]

September 2, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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From Abu Dhabi and New Jersey… 2 SoC Alumni to Share Editing, Layout Tips with Students

Two SoC alumni – both successful journalists in the creative world of newspaper layout and page design – will speak Wednesday, Sept. 4 to students enrolled in the editing and layout course, CNJ 381. Since graduating from the School of Communication at the University of Miami, Nathan Estep (MA, journalism, 1999) and April Robinson (BS, journalism and creative writing, 2000) have held impressive editing and layout positions at major newspapers in the United States and abroad.   They both moved separately to the Middle East and joined The National, a [...]

September 2, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism|
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SoC Professor Remembers Alumnus Bryce Dion, M.F.A. ’04

School of Communication alumnus Bryce Dion, M.F.A. ’04, was shot and killed Tuesday, August 26, while covering a shootout between police and an armed robber as a sound supervisor on the television show “COPS.” The School of Communication extends its deepest sympathy to Dion’s family and friends, and shares this remembrance from Associate Professor John Soliday, who was Director of Graduate Studies and led UM’s Film Directing Program when Dion received his M.F.A. Bryce Dion was one of my all-time favorite graduate students. I recruited, enrolled, and advised Bryce. He [...]

August 29, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit To Open On Sept. 4

Join the University of Miami for the launch of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit and a semester-long celebration of science, art, and data visualization from 6 to 8 p.m. on September 4 at Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Hall at UM’s School of Architecture. Katy Börner, Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science in the Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing at the University of Indiana and curator of the international Places & Spaces exhibit, will deliver the keynote talk. A reception will follow the event.  RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/pseopen More information on Places & [...]

August 28, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Terilli to Lead as Chair of Department of Journalism & Media Management

As Associate Professor Sam Terilli, J.D., assumes the role of chair of the Department of Journalism & Media Management this fall, he sees strength and opportunity in the department’s dual mission. By researching and teaching at the convergence of media and business, the department is positioned to support quality journalism and entertainment through unstable industry conditions, said Terilli, a 12-year veteran of the department.  “A lot of the current issues in media are business issues,” he said. “The days when journalists believed they could remain isolated and unconcerned with how [...]

August 27, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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Make a Move: Professor’s Board Game Helps Young Immigrants Plot Their Futures

Life in the United States for the thousands of young, unaccompanied, and undocumented immigrants who continue to arrive from Central America can be daunting. Many end up in detention centers where they must make legal decisions that will determine their future. University of Miami School of Communication assistant professor Lien Tran has created a board game called Toma el Paso(Make a Move) to make their lives easier. It teaches them how to navigate the U.S. legal system to get the right to leave juvenile detention. Last Monday, Tran visited “His House Children’s [...]

August 25, 2014|Interactive Media|
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