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UM Grad Offered ACE Internship

University of Miami graduate Gretchen Schroeder, B.S.C. in Motion Pictures ’15, accepted a position as an American Cinema Editors Intern. Only two recent college graduates with experience in, and a passion for, film editing are chosen nation-wide to be a part of this four-week program each year. Schroeder is one of only two UM alumni who have been offered this internship; the other UM alumna who interned at ACE is Rachel Schreibman, B.S.C. Motion Pictures ’10, in 2011.  Christina Lane, Chair of the Department of Cinema and Interactive Media, noted [...]

January 28, 2016|Motion Pictures|
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Christina Lane Hosts Screening of Sinatra Film at HistoryMiami

Dr. Christina Lane, chair of the Department of Cinema and Interactive Media and director for the Norton Herrick Center for Motion Pictures Studies, is introducing a screening of Frank Sinatra’s A Hole in the Head and holding a Q&A for HistoryMiami on February 18 at 5:30 p.m.  The event helps kick off HistoryMiami’s multimedia exhibition Sinatra: An American Icon, opening March 4, curated by the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and commemorating the entertainer’s 100th birthday. A Hole in the Head was filmed in Miami Beach’s art deco hotels and [...]

January 21, 2016|Motion Pictures|
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Sundance Bound

University of Miami School of Communication alumni The Meza Brothers, a.k.a. Andres Meza-Valdes, B.S.C. ’09, and Diego Meza-Valdes, B.S.C. ’09, are headed to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival to showcase Boniato, their 23-minute short horror film featuring migrant workers on a boniato (sweet potato) farm who cross borders into a supernatural world, a metaphor for the murky underground network into which many undocumented workers fall. This is the Meza Brothers’ eighth short in the horror genre and the first they’ve co-directed with seasoned stuntman/action director Eric Mainade, who came up with the initial story [...]

January 15, 2016|Motion Pictures|
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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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Calling Local Nonprofits for UM’s 7th Annual PhilADthropy

Local nonprofit organizations in South Florida in need of marketing materials can now apply for University of Miami School of Communication’s seventh annual PhilADthropy. In 25 hours, students under the direction of faculty, alumni, and industry professionals create advertising campaigns, branding initiatives, public relations pieces, social media strategies, and a variety of other marketing materials at no cost to the nonprofit organization. “PhilADthropy is an opportunity for our students to put their classroom skills to the test while learning the value of using these skills to give back to the [...]

December 22, 2015|Advertising, Public Relations|
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UM Faculty, Doctoral Students, Alumnae Recognized by National Communication Association

Several professors, Ph.D. students, and alumnae from the University of Miami School of Communication received awards and recognition at the National Communication Association’s (NCA) 101st Annual Convention in November.  Professors Dr. Susan Morgan, Dr. Nick Carcioppolo, Dr. Don Stacks, and Dr. Diane Millette, Ph.D. candidate Elena Chudnovskaya, and alumnae Dr. Qinghua “Candy” Yang and Dr. Zongchao “Cathy” Li were acknowledged for their outstanding research in the field of communication. Dr. Susan Morgan received the NCA Distinguished Health Communication Scholar Award, which recognizes a lifetime of achievement in the area of [...]

2019-12-17T19:36:04-05:00December 11, 2015|Communication Studies|
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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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