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University of Miami Radio Station WVUM 90.5 FM Increases Power to Reach More Listeners

Music lovers in all of Miami-Dade County can now listen to WVUM 90.5 FM, the University of Miami’s campus radio station, because of a newly installed transmitter and antenna.  The award-winning student-run radio station will reach 1.5 million more people with this upgrade. WVUM’s last transmitter upgrade was in 1998 and enabled its signal to be broadcast throughout Coral Gables and the surrounding areas. Now it can reach as far south as Florida City and as far north as Ft. Lauderdale thanks to a generous donation which is part of [...]

2023-10-26T13:35:24-04:00June 22, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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School Mourns the Loss of Jack Metzger, WVUM’s First Faculty Adviser

Former University of Miami faculty member and alumnus Jack Metzger, who taught communication courses for 14 years, passed away from cancer and heart disease earlier this year.  Metzger was 81. A host of children’s programs on local TV, Metzger, A.B. ‘53, taught radio production classes, including script writing and radio performance at UM, during the late 1950s’ through the 1960s’. He was a graduate of UM’s Radio Television and Film Department. In 1968, he became the first faculty adviser of WVUM 90.5 FM “The Voice,” the University’s campus radio station. [...]

June 9, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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2013 Wine Spectator Foundation Student Scholarship Winners

A group of exceptional students from the School of Communication are the recipients of a 2013 Wine Spectator Foundation Scholarship. The Wine Spectator Foundation Scholarship is an annual scholarship that awards $50,000 a year to deserving students studying communication at the University of Miami. This year’s winners are: Aaron Agrasanchez, Motion Pictures Brittany Camper, Broadcast Journalism Daniela Ortega, Broadcast Journalism Kate Maier, Motion Pictures Scott McCartney, Media Management Morgan McKie, Motion Pictures Carlos Mella, Advertising Kelsey Quinn, Advertising Amilyn Soto, Advertising Students vying for the Wine Spectator Foundation Scholarship were [...]

2020-04-06T21:34:27-04:00June 9, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Journalism Professor Joseph Treaster Awarded Scripps Howard Foundation/AEJMC Social Media Grant

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) has selected University of Miami School of Communication journalism professor Joseph B. Treaster as a recipient of a 2013-14 Scripps Howard Foundation/AEJMC Social Media Externship Grant. The grant supports the opportunity for journalism faculty to spend two weeks this summer learning first-hand how newspapers and broadcast stations use social media across multiple platforms.  Professors will then take this knowledge into their classrooms during the fall and winter/spring semesters. Treaster, the John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication, [...]

2019-12-17T19:50:10-05:00June 9, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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School of Communication Hosts Journalism Workshop for High School Students

Twenty South Florida high school students arrived at the University of Miami on July 6 for The Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Journalism and New Media Workshop, presented by the School of Communication. During the three-week workshop, students live on campus and hone their writing, editing, designing, and photography skills by working together to create a publication, video, and website focused on topics affecting South Florida youth. Led by UM and Florida International University faculty, the workshop also incorporates social media. Here, a high school student participates in a photography [...]

June 9, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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His First Overseas Assignment? Cover the Pope

As a 24-year-old reporter, Bryan Llenas knows something about covering big news. He had already reported stories from across the country when, last February, Fox asked him to cover Pope Francis I’s election in Rome.Llenas career with Fox started in the summer of 2009 with an internship with Fox News Channel University in New York, his hometown.On his first day working in Studio B at the Fox Report with Shepard Smith, Michael Jackson died. Llenas ended up working an 18-hour-long shift – running scripts to Smith, cutting video, and doing [...]

June 9, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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School of Communication Summer Internship Experiences

“Unforgettable”… “Rewarding” …“An incredible experience” …“A dream come true”… That’s how some of the 15 students who interned in the Big Apple this summer described The NY Experience, the SOC summer intern program organized by Prof. Ellen Fleysher, the Frances L. Wolfson Chair in Communication Studies. Students worked in television news and entertainment, cable, radio, public relations, national magazines and music publishing. “Moving to a new city and working at an unfamiliar company was scary at first, but I am glad I took the risk,” said Morgan Stoner of St. [...]

June 9, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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President Donna Shalala Answers Student Media Questions About New Health Care Law

University of Miami President Donna Shalala held a press conference with student journalists earlier this week to talk about the opening of health insurance exchanges on Oct. 1. Representatives from The Miami Hurricane, UMTV, WVUM, Ibis Yearbook and Distraction Magazine had a half-hour with Shalala, the former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, to discuss the Affordable Care Act and how it will impact students. During the question-and-answer session, Shalala urged students to check whether they are eligible for affordable health care through the marketplace. The press conference, timed [...]

June 5, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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What’s New and What’s Next for the SoC

It was an exciting year in the School of Communication. A number of new initiatives began, student groups excelled in competition and the School continues to grow to be a leader in the field around the world. Check out the highlights in this year-end video!

June 2, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Annual Awards Ceremony Honors Students, Alumnus, Faculty and Staff

The School of Communication honored its outstanding students, alumni, faculty and staff on May 9 at its Annual Awards Ceremony. Dean Gregory Shepherd presented the awards amid family, friends, faculty and staff at a reception at the Student Activities Center. Catie Staszak, who graduated in broadcast journalism and spoke at the School's commencement ceremony, received the School's Outstanding Senior Award. Italome Ohikhuare, an MFA in Motion Pictures whose thesis project, The Mermaid, is a film about schizophrenia, was honored as Outstanding MFA Student. Funing Tang, a doctoral student whose dissertation, Acting as Being: Ingrid [...]

2019-12-17T19:43:20-05:00June 2, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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