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With an Iron Arrow and Dose of Deception, Honor Society Taps 31 New Members

Journalism Professor Sam Terilli was waiting, impatiently, in the School of Communication courtyard Thursday morning for a meeting with a couple of University of Miami trustees and potential donors. They were late and he was ready to leave. He had a class to teach. But Terilli, the second vice chair of the Faculty Senate and chair of the Department of Journalism and Media Management, would not make it to his class. Instead, he was about to become one of 31 new members inducted into the Iron Arrow Honor Society. As [...]

February 22, 2016|Journalism|
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World Information Architecture Day Comes to School of Communication

University of Miami School of Communication is hosting World Information Architecture Day (WIAD) on Saturday, Feb. 20, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.  The event brings together a diverse community of information architects, user experience designers, content strategists, product managers, developers, scholars, and students to share their experience in designing information in a manner that is useful. The full day occasion will celebrate WIAD along with 69 other locations across the globe. This year’s theme is Information Everywhere, Architects Everywhere. Featuring keynote speaker Richard Saul Wurman, the event has a line up [...]

February 17, 2016|Interactive Media, Journalism|
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CSPA Recognizes Ibis Yearbook as a Crown Finalist

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) named University of Miami’s 2015 Ibis yearbook a Crown Finalist. Edited by School of Communication graduate Holly Bensur, ‘15 B.S.C, the Ibis is one of four college yearbooks that will receive a Crown in March at the College Media Association (CMA) conference in New York City. All Crown finalists are winners, with some publications receiving Gold Crowns and others Silver Crowns. During the CSPA ceremony at the CMA conference, the Ibis staff will learn whether they will receive a Gold or Silver Crown. The [...]

January 8, 2016|Journalism|
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University of Miami Student Publications Garner Top Awards from The Associate Collegiate Press

Austin, Texas, a city known for keeping it hip, welcomed the nation’s leading college media outlets to the annual ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in November. University of Miami’s yearbook, Ibis, magazine, Distraction, and newspaper, The Miami Hurricane, received awards at this year’s convention. The 2014 Ibis yearbook won a Pinnacle College Media Award for College Yearbook of the Year for 2015 from the College Media Association (CMA) and their ninth Pacemaker from the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP). 
“UM is very lucky to have a dedicated Ibis yearbook staff that [...]

December 23, 2015|Journalism|
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First Recipient of Steven Joel Sotloff Scholarship Announced

In September of 2014, Steven Joel Sotloff, a journalist from South Florida, lost his life at the hands of Islamic State group militants. On Sunday, his parents Arthur and Shirley Sotloff, stood on the field of Sun Life Stadium minutes before their son’s beloved Dolphins took the field, and fearlessly showed the world that Steven’s legacy lives on.  UM sophomore Carlen Dickerson, the first recipient of the Steven Joel Sotloff Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund, was presented with a $2,500 scholarship before the start of the Dolphins versus Ravens game. “Carlen [...]

December 7, 2015|Journalism|
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Media Management Association Meeting: Rentrak Television Services

In the U.S. competitive television business, Nielsen, more than any other research company, symbolizes and dominates audience measurement. But since the announced acquisition of Rentrak by comScore in September 2015, which still needs approval by government authorities, the Rentrak-comScore combination will seek to challenge Nielsen's supremacy. While Rentrak specializes in moviegoing and television viewing measurement, comScore focuses on online audiences. Given this context, the Media Management Association (MMA) was particularly fortunate to welcome Dawne Richards, Rentrak's Product Senior Vice President, to speak to its members on December 1. Not only [...]

December 7, 2015|Journalism, Media Management|
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Drawing Out Big Data for the Public Good

Computational science and journalism students dive deep into data and discover new ways to visually represent their findings to non-scientific audiences. If you’ve ever spent time analyzing financial reports at a corporate meeting, or analyzing reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, you likely enjoy the process more when the data is accompanied by interactive graphics to illuminate key findings. Yet who exactly conceives and creates all of the detailed charts, maps, and infographics that appear regularly in newspapers to break down complex topics such as The New York Times report [...]

November 20, 2015|Interactive Media, Journalism|
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David Jordan from the BBC Speaks to SoC Faculty and Students

David Jordan, the director of editorial policy and standards at the BBC, met with students and faculty this week to discuss news and the media. Jordan’s visit to the University of Miami was made possible by the School of Communication’s London Summer study abroad program. Students who are a part of this program will meet with Jordan again in London, where he will show them the news room of the BBC, as well as introduce them to editors and reporters and teach them about the business side of broadcasting. While [...]

November 18, 2015|Journalism, Media Management|
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Students Broadcast Live with ESPN3

Ratcheting up the tension in the control room, a voice on the speakerphone begins the countdown to the volleyball match against Boston College. “Four minutes to live…Three minutes to live,” the producer from ESPN’s college headquarters intones, prompting University of Miami senior Bianca Anuforo to utter aloud what is on everybody else’s mind. “Oh, that’s nerve-wracking,” she says. Such pre-game jitters are understandable. For the first time since UM Athletics began live-streaming games to ESPN’s Internet service six months ago, the production crew for this home volleyball match consists almost [...]

November 17, 2015|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism|
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British Broadcasting Corporation Executive David Jordan will Visit the University of Miami

David Jordan, one of the top officials of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London, is speaking to more than half a dozen groups of University of Miami students and faculty on the Coral Gables campus next week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – Nov. 16, 17, and 18. “We’re delighted to be bringing such an accomplished journalist to the University of Miami,” said Greg Shepherd, dean of the School of Communication. “He brings a global perspective that fits perfectly with the work our students and faculty are doing.” Jordan, [...]

November 12, 2015|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Public Relations|
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