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UM Advances to Finals in National Student Advertising Competition

The student team from the School of Communication successfully competed in the semi-final round and now will proceed to the final round of the National Student Advertising Competition in Boca Raton on May 29. The semi-finals consisted of 18 district-winning teams, each of whom completed a 15-minute Q&A with four judges via conference call. Only eight of 18 teams advanced to the final round, and more than 130 college and university teams entered the competition. UM previously won the District Four Championship on April 5 in Orlando. The team is vying [...]

2019-12-17T19:44:23-05:00June 2, 2014|Advertising|
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Celebrate Achievement At The School of Communication Annual Awards Ceremony

Students, alumni, faculty and staff will be honored at the School of Communication Annual Awards Celebration from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 9 in the third floor activities rooms at the Student Activities Center, 1330 Miller Drive in Coral Gables. The celebration will honor outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members and staff who have excelled in the 2013-2014 academic year.  To attend, please RSVP to socevents@miami.edu by May 1 or contact Irmina Sheridan at 305 284-3420

June 2, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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SoC To Host Chicas Poderosas Interactive Storytelling Workshop

Chicas Poderosas — an organization dedicated to empowering Latin American women journalists to excel in visual storytelling, data visualization and interactive media with hands-on skills training — will hold its first workshop in the United States from April 17 to 20 in Miami. The final two days of the event will be hosted at the University of Miami School of Communication, and SoC students and faculty will participate. Chicas Poderosas was founded in 2013 by the International Center for Journalists’ Knight Fellow Mariana Santos to improve the skills of women [...]

June 2, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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SoC Team Wins National Student Advertising Competition in District Four

The student team from the School of Communication won the National Student Advertising Competition District Four Championship on April 5 in Orlando and will move on to the semi-final round later this month. The victory marks the first milestone on the team's attempt to earn its second consecutive NSAC championship, said adviser Alyse Lancaster, chair of the Department of Strategic Communication. 26 students from various departments in the school strategized, wrote, designed and pitched the campaign, which bested campaigns from Florida State University, Miami International University of Art and Design, Ringling College [...]

2019-12-17T19:45:39-05:00June 2, 2014|Advertising|
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Miami Herald Journalist Joins Department of Strategic Communication

At first, Heidi Carr thought it seemed a bit ironic that she would be teaching public relations classes at the School of Communication. But then it occurred to her that no one knows how to attract media attention better than a writer and editor who spent more than 20 years listening to public relations professionals try to persuade her to cover their client or event. Sometimes, it’s good to have an outsider’s perspective. So it could be said the Department of Strategic Communications made a strategic move this fall by [...]

April 7, 2014|Advertising, Public Relations|
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Barbecue Unites Alumni and Students for Homecoming

By Emily Young On Friday, Nov. 8, students, alumni, faculty, staff, and family gathered in the School of Communication courtyard to catch up and enjoy a barbecue. Alumni were back in town for the Homecoming weekend and many brought family  to see their alma mater, old classmates and professors.  The event allowed for current students to mingle and network with alumni from all fields and to hear about their experiences in the workforce. Professors were delighted to see recent graduates in town for the weekend and hear about their careers [...]

April 7, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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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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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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Call for Entries: Wine Spectator Foundation Competition To Award Up To $50,000 For Student Projects

The Wine Spectator Foundation will award up to $50,000 to School of Communication undergraduate and graduate students for projects about wine, food, restaurants, travel or tourism. Such projects may include, but are not limited to, a video or short documentary, news or feature writing, a press kit, an advertising project, a graphic design project, a photography portfolio, multimedia (website) or a scholarly paper. Only completed applications and projects will be considered. No exceptions will be made. Below are some basic examples of projects that would and would not be accepted [...]

2019-12-17T19:46:38-05:00April 7, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Journalism, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Distraction Magazine, Ibis Yearbook and Miami Hurricane Win Top Student Media Awards

Distraction Magazine and the Ibis Yearbook also were recognized among the top student publications in the country by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)  during a ceremony on March 14 in New York City.   Distraction/distractionmagazine.com and Ibis Yearbook 2013 staffs walked away each with a Gold Crown, the highest honor one can receive from the CSPA. Distraction was honored as a hybrid or combined print and digital/online publication.   “The Gold Crown is the highest honor that you can receive from CSPA. These publications go through a second round [...]

2019-12-17T19:46:23-05:00April 7, 2014|Advertising, Journalism|
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