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Internships: Learning Media Management in London

By Natalee Fernandez, Media Management senior LeBron James wasn’t the only one who couldn’t handle the heat during summer 2014. I too decided to take my talents from sultry South Beach to temperate London. From June to August, I interned with ReelDealHD, a video production company specializing in commercials, branded content, and stock footage. The team at ReelDealHD allowed me to learn every aspect of their business. I began working with the company’s editing department to create a new portfolio of show reels that would be used to catch the [...]

September 3, 2014|Journalism, Media Management|
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From Abu Dhabi and New Jersey… 2 SoC Alumni to Share Editing, Layout Tips with Students

Two SoC alumni – both successful journalists in the creative world of newspaper layout and page design – will speak Wednesday, Sept. 4 to students enrolled in the editing and layout course, CNJ 381. Since graduating from the School of Communication at the University of Miami, Nathan Estep (MA, journalism, 1999) and April Robinson (BS, journalism and creative writing, 2000) have held impressive editing and layout positions at major newspapers in the United States and abroad.   They both moved separately to the Middle East and joined The National, a [...]

September 2, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism|
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Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibit To Open On Sept. 4

Join the University of Miami for the launch of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit and a semester-long celebration of science, art, and data visualization from 6 to 8 p.m. on September 4 at Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Hall at UM’s School of Architecture. Katy Börner, Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science in the Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing at the University of Indiana and curator of the international Places & Spaces exhibit, will deliver the keynote talk. A reception will follow the event.  RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/pseopen More information on Places & [...]

August 28, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Terilli to Lead as Chair of Department of Journalism & Media Management

As Associate Professor Sam Terilli, J.D., assumes the role of chair of the Department of Journalism & Media Management this fall, he sees strength and opportunity in the department’s dual mission. By researching and teaching at the convergence of media and business, the department is positioned to support quality journalism and entertainment through unstable industry conditions, said Terilli, a 12-year veteran of the department.  “A lot of the current issues in media are business issues,” he said. “The days when journalists believed they could remain isolated and unconcerned with how [...]

August 27, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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SoC Welcomes New Faculty

The School of Communication welcomes 11 new faculty members this fall across its four departments. Meet our new faculty members: Dr. Susan E. Morgan is director for the Center for Communication, Culture, and Change and a professor in Communication Studies. Dr. Morgan’s research interests involve the design and evaluation of persuasive messages targeting health behavior change in multicultural populations. Her research has been supported by over $9 million in grant funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Department of Health and [...]

August 25, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Scholarship Endowment Honors Professor Stanley L. Harrison, Assists Undergraduate Writers

A $100,000 endowment, led by the Autumn Ridge Foundation with the help of School of Communication alumni, will honor a beloved public relations professor and provide lasting scholarship support to students who excel at writing. The Dr. Stanley L. Harrison Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund honors Professor Stanley “Stan” L. Harrison, who imparted his love of writing to hundreds of School of Communication students. The fund awards assistance for tuition and expenses to deserving SoC undergraduates with a proficiency for writing. It is an important contribution to Momentum2: The Breakthrough Campaign [...]

2023-10-26T13:33:31-04:00August 18, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Students Learn From ‘Best and Brightest’ During New York Experience

From watching a taping of “The Late Show with David Letterman” to getting assignments on the air, 14 SoC students learned at the center of media production this summer during the sixth annual New York Experience course, led by Professor Ellen Fleysher. “The idea for students in the New York Experience is that you are exposed to more than the classroom, more than student media, and even more than local media,” Fleysher said. “You’re working at a national level with the best and brightest. You can only be inspired by [...]

August 11, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Public Relations|
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Places & Spaces Will Change How People See the World

Who really matters in the world? Where do people who hold U.S.  patents really live? Where and how intense have hurricanes been since 1851? How did science fiction come to be? What are the “battle lines” between the left and right sides of the political spectrum? How are verses of the Bible related to one another? Answers to complex questions like these are beautifully visualized in Places & Spaces: Mapping Science, exhibiting at the University of Miami beginning September 4. This exhibition of 100 visualizations is intended to “inspire cross-disciplinary discussion [...]

August 4, 2014|Interactive Media, Journalism|
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Internships: Honing headline skills and much more at Mashable

I’ve been interning at Mashable for about a month now, working as a copy editing intern for the Mashable Publishing Partner (MPP) program.

July 25, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Management|
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Christina Cyprien’s Photo Essay on a Military Mom

This spring, Christina Cyprien, a student in professor of practice Maggie Steber's photojournalism course, documented the life of Ashlee Etienne, a military mom. The photo essay captures touching moments of the daily struggles and triumphs of a military family. Cyprien's work is an excellent example of how students learn and grow as visual storytellers at the School of Communication, Steber says. Cyprien writes: "As a daughter raised in a single-parent household by my mother who took care of five children practically on her own, I've come to admire and respect the [...]

July 8, 2014|Journalism, Media Management|
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