Journalism

Mayor Phillip K. Stoddard and Commissioner Valerie Newman of the City of South Miami gave press conferences at the School of Communication to student journalists in Professor Joseph B. Treaster’s public affairs reporting class. The students are reporting and writing articles on the municipal election in South Miami on Feb. 11. Stoddard, a biology professor at Florida International University, is running for re-election to a third two-year term. Newman, a corporate accounts manager at Relax the Back, Back Pain Relief and Comfort, has served as a South Miami city commissioner [...]

By Emily R. Mirengoff, M.A. Communication Studies Student For Dr. Jyotika Ramaprasad, the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and the Interim Director of the Center for Communication, Culture and Change, education is not about memorizing lines out of a textbook or simply accumulating degrees for a resume. It is about broadening students’ horizons, including their worldviews—helping them to learn about countries and cultures that are different from their own, and using that knowledge, as responsible citizens of the world, to give back to society. Dr. Ramaprasad learned these lessons [...]

"The Audacity of Beauty," a 25-year retrospective of photographer and photojournalism lecturer Maggie Steber's work in Haiti, will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Otto G. Richter Library. Steber has documented her journey with Haiti through social and political upheaval, capturing unique moments that describe the beauty of the Haitian people, and sharing them with the world. Steber will share her 25-year relationship with Haiti in “The Audacity of Beauty,” an event at the University of Miami Libraries Special Collections. There will be an opening [...]