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Professor Alberto Cairo Delivers Keynote at Google for Media Summit in Miami

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Alberto Cairo delivered the keynote address, “Believe it or Not, You Are or Should be A Visual Journalist,” at the Google for Media Summit in Miami. The Summit gathered more than 100 media professionals from South Florida and beyond to learn about the latest uses of technology in media and how Google tools can help in storytelling. Cairo argues that journalists must understand the visual display of information, but effective visualizations rely on more than rapidly evolving software. “In order to manipulate those data we [...]

April 7, 2014|Journalism|
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Forbes Honors Alumnus on ’30 Under 30′ Media List

Forbes Magazine has honored alumnus Jason Stein on its annual "30 Under 30" list of young influencers in media. Stein, '07 M.F.A., Screenwriting, founded Laundry Service, a full-service social media agency, just two years ago. The company now has more than 30 employees in New York and L.A., and has worked with some of the most important brands in the world, including Disney, Amazon, Universal, Spafinder, Essence and Desigual. Stein is also a founding and managing partner of Windforce Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage social media and [...]

April 7, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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PhilADthropy Non-Profit Application Deadline Extended to Jan. 24

The School of Communications' groundbreaking annual PhilADthropy program is seeking non-profit organizations with advertising needs. The organizations can apply to have students create new campaigns and advertising materials in a marathon event that puts School of Communication students to work for some of our region's most important groups. During PhilADthropy, students and team leaders meet with their clients for a briefing before spending all night developing professional-level work. Teams meet with their clients again the next day to present the finished product—all within 25 hours. Interested organizations can learn more [...]

April 7, 2014|Advertising|
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Scripps Executive to Address Media Management Association

Brian G. Lawlor, MBA 1996, will visit the School of Communication to share his experiences as a television executive with the Media Management Association. He will address the MMA at 5 p.m. on Jan. 28 in room 2055 of the Communication International Building.  Lawlor, 47, is senior vice president of The E.W. Scripps Company television division, which includes 19 stations and digital businesses in 13 U.S. markets. In 2012, the television division was the largest contributor of revenue to the company. Lawlor previously was the corporate vice president of sales [...]

April 7, 2014|Journalism, Media Management|
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UMPRSSA Hosts Résumé Workshop and Talk With Executive

UMPRSSA will host a résumé workshop with public relations professionals and a talk from Sandra Fine, VP of rbb Public Relations and immediate past president of Miami PRSA on Jan. 28 from 6:25 to 7:40 in Shoma Hall. Fine brings a broad range of media relations, corporate reputation management, consumer marketing and public affairs experience to rbb. Throughout her career, she has handled public relations and marketing campaigns for a wide variety of consumer and corporate clients in the luxury travel, leisure, fitness, real estate, food and beverage and energy industries.  [...]

April 7, 2014|Public Relations|
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Student Media Honored in CSPA Gold Circle Awards

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association just announced the winners from the yearbook and digital media categories of its 31st Gold Circle Awards program. This year, CSPA received 4,279 entries produced by students at colleges, universities and secondary schools throughout the United States. Congratulations to winners from University of Miami Student Media: Distraction Magazine News Feature Certificate of Merit - Rachel Kliger, "Lisa Ling's Open Heart at Fall Convocation"   Personal Opinion On-Campus Issues Certificate of Merit - Amanda Wood, "The Student Activities Center: A Student Perspective"   Personal Opinion Off-Campus [...]

2019-12-17T19:47:11-05:00April 7, 2014|Journalism, Media Management|
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Cinema Faculty Premiere ‘The Silver Mirror’ Documentary in New York City

The Silver Mirror, a feature-length global documentary film on the topic of Aging in 21st century written, directed and produced by Ali Habashi, a faculty member at the Department of Cinema and interactive Media and shot entirely by Ed Talavera, the Department chair, had its New York premiere on Tuesday, February 11th at Myrna P. Daniels Auditorium in Columbia University. The premiere was hosted by the Center for Bioethics at Columbia University and followed up by an engaging panel discussion that included Dr. Ruth Fischbach, the Director of the Center for [...]

April 7, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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UM Debaters Earn Top Tournament Honors

David Silverman and Spencer George are the 2014 Junior Varsity Southeast Debate Champions.  Debating at Emory University on February 21 to23, Spencer and David compiled a perfect 6-0  record, advancing into finals where they won a 3-0 decision to defeat ACC rivals Wake Forest and claim the championship.  Also competing and contributing to the UM success were Joe Karam and Russ Wilde, Adrianne Babun-Chavaria and Anna Shah, and Nabiha Aziz and Anna Ivanova.  On February 15, UM Debate also defeated local rivals to win the championship of the Miami Dade [...]

2019-12-17T19:46:52-05:00April 7, 2014|Communication Studies|
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Former Saks CEO Stephen Sadove Talks Retail With SoC Students

By Chelsea Wortham UM News   Mobile Internet devices that have led to greater access to communication have changed the overall retail experience for shoppers, shifting power away from merchants and manufacturers to the consumer, Stephen Sadove, former chairman and CEO of Saks Incorporated, told a group of University of Miami School of Communication students on Thursday.   Speaking in Shoma Hall on the topic “What’s Going On with the Retail Consumer Today?” Sadove discussed the evolution of “omni-channel retailing”— the experience shoppers have with retailers through computers, brick-and-mortar stores, [...]

April 7, 2014|Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations|
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Knoxville News-Sentinel Editor Discusses Future of Newspapers With MMA

By Domenica A. Leone  Tom Chester, Managing Editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel, spoke to the members of the Media Management Association (MMA) at the University of Miami on February 25 about the future of the newspaper industry. Chester pointed out that the traditional newspaper has now evolved as an all-day medium, accessible through four platforms (mobile, web site, tablet, and print).  He added that print journalists must not only be able to report and write stories, but also to shoot pictures or video and use social media.  Chester also [...]

April 7, 2014|Media Management|
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