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For the Love of Alma Mater

By: Karina Valdes The University of Miami School of Communication recently named the Robert & Lauren Mann Broadcast Center in honor of alumnus Robert “Bob” Mann, B.A. ’70, who is being recognized for his unwavering support of the university for more than 30 years. The dedication ceremony takes place on Friday, December 2, at 3:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Frances L. Wolfson Building. In the late 1960s, Mann stepped foot on University of Miami’s campus for the first time as an undergraduate student studying radio and television broadcast. [...]

2023-10-26T13:29:24-04:00November 30, 2016|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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Media for Change Virtual Conference

Media makers, academics and technologists from all over the world will be discussing the impact that media has on building a better world in the Media for Change Virtual Conference, a 12-hour global virtual event held on Nov. 17. University of Miami School of Communication is one of four institutions serving as an international hub for the event. The other institutions are Temple University, Japan Campus, Tokyo; School of Journalism, English and Communication, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK; and SENAC, São Paulo, Brazil. The conference will take a look at what [...]

November 14, 2016|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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VP of Journalism for Knight Foundation Discusses Effects of Social Media on Reporting

“If it isn’t right, it’s wrong.”  Jennifer Preston, the vice president of journalism for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, quoted Bob Dylan to highlight the importance of truthfulness in journalism. She spoke with School of Communication students and faculty on Oct. 11 about the value of storytelling and the impact that social media has on reporting. The Knight Foundation is a national foundation, based in Miami, that invests in journalism and the arts in the cities where the Knight brothers once published newspapers. Preston joined the Knight [...]

October 17, 2016|Journalism|
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Koenigsberg and Nadal Interactive Media Center Opening at UM School of Communication

By Karina Valdes A state-of-the-art space for innovation and creativity is opening at the University of Miami School of Communication. The Koenigsberg and Nadal Interactive Media Center (IMC) is poised to transform experiential education at the University by giving students collaborative spaces and a fully-equipped multimedia agency to create, learn, and expand their portfolios. “Students need to have access to the tools that are driving creative work across communication industries,” says Gregory J. Shepherd, dean of the School of Communication. “But I also think it is essential that we provide [...]

2023-10-26T13:29:50-04:00September 27, 2016|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Did You Get to Know us?

On Aug. 30, the rain didn't stop University of Miami’s award-winning publications and organizations from getting together and encouraging students to get involved. Organized by the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), club leaders and interested students gathered around free pizza and soda to listen to the benefits of joining one of the many organizations the School of Communication has to offer. PRSSA is a pre-professional organization open to all students that aims to give real-world public relations experience. Professor Heidi Carr, the faculty adviser for UM PRSSA, says [...]

September 6, 2016|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Distraction Print, Online Announced as Pacemaker Finalists

Distraction magazine and its website, distractionmagazine.com, have both been announced as Pacemaker finalists.  Presented annually by the Associated Collegiate Press, the Pacemaker awards recognize collegiate publications for their content, design, photography, and graphics. The stakes were high in both categories; the judges narrowed down 96 magazines to 22 finalists, and 137 online entries to 30 finalists. Rori Kotch, editor-in-chief of the nominated issue, submitted the fourth and final magazine of the last academic year to the ACP. She credits the nomination to both the magazine’s content and covers, saying that [...]

2019-12-17T19:25:56-05:00August 31, 2016|Journalism|
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Dangerous Assignments: How Journalists Stay Alive in Mexico

Her body was found on the side of a roadway on February 9, 2016—hands and feet bound and a plastic bag over her head. Only two days earlier, Anabel Flores Salazar, mother of two, had been snatched from her home in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, by armed assailants. Now she was dead. Murdered. And her story was a familiar one: A crime-beat reporter for the newspaper El Sol de Orizaba, Salazar had suffered the same fate of scores of Mexican journalists killed over the past few years for covering news about [...]

August 25, 2016|Journalism|
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New Visiting Knight Chair to Work on Documentary with Students

David Abel, award-winning reporter with The Boston Globe and a documentary filmmaker, is the next Visiting Knight Chair for the Center for Communication, Culture, and Change at University of Miami School of Communication. During his time at UM, Abel will be working with students on a documentary film project reporting on the ban of private airboat use in the Everglades. The ban is part of a law passed by Congress to protect and expand the national park. Endowed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Visiting Knight Chairs [...]

2019-12-16T18:42:47-05:00August 23, 2016|Journalism, Motion Pictures|
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The Miami Hurricane Wins 10 Florida Sunshine State Awards

University of Miami’s student-run newspaper, The Miami Hurricane, was recognized with 10 Society of Professional Journalists Florida Sunshine State Awards, including nine first place awards, on July 9 during the 22nd annual competition at the Firefighters Memorial Building in Miami. The Miami Hurricane, under editor Nicholas Gangemi, B.S. ’16, was awarded Best Student Publication and Best Website in Florida, competing in the college newspaper high frequency sub-category. The high frequency sub-category evaluates newspapers published five more or times per month. To win Best Student Publication, three issues of the newspaper [...]

2019-12-17T19:26:37-05:00July 13, 2016|Journalism|
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Miami Conference to Explore Intersection of Data Journalism and Digital Humanities

In 2012 Dan Cohen, founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America, wrote: “I’ve increasingly felt that digital journalism and digital humanities are kindred spirits.” Inspired by this, the University of Miami is launching the first Digital Humanities and Data Journalism (DH+DJ) Symposium. It will take place at the university’s Newman Alumni Center between Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 and is being sponsored by Knight Foundation, and the University of Miami’s School of Communication, Center for Computational Science, Richter Library and College of Arts and Sciences. The DH+DJ symposium will [...]

June 23, 2016|Communication Studies, Doctoral, Journalism, Media Management|
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