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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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PR Students Create Campaign for Herbert Wellness Center’s 20th Anniversary

Last semester, Dr. Colee Splichal’s Public Relations Campaigns class created the campaign for the 20th anniversary of the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center, which will take place in January 2016. The class, STC 436, is a capstone for the public relations major in which seniors apply what they have learned in the last four years to develop a campaign for a real-world client. The students created everything from a unique logo to the anniversary party, which will be held at the wellness center in February 2016. “I had to [...]

November 18, 2015|Advertising, Public Relations|
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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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University of Miami Debate Team Teaches the Art of Policy Debate

The University of Miami Debate Team is working with the newly formed Miami-Dade Urban Debate League to teach the art of debate to students from almost 20 local high schools and middle schools. The National Association of Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) is a national organization that works to close the achievement gap in urban public schools by giving students the opportunity to compete in academic debate. UDL has chapters in 22 cities across the United States. Just last year, Miami was the largest city in the U.S. without a chapter, [...]

November 13, 2015|Communication Studies|
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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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President and CEO of PBS Visits SoC

As part of its Annual Conversation Series, the School of Communication welcomed President and CEO of PBS Paula Kerger on November 2. Kerger is responsible for bringing to public television viewers Downton Abbey, the highest rated drama in PBS history, new primetime science and arts series, and a number of children’s programs. Shoma Hall was completely packed with students and faculty eager to hear what she had to say on the future of television and media in general. Kerger started out by mentioning that she had prepared a speech, but [...]

November 4, 2015|Journalism, Media Management|
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Producer of Little Accidents speaks to SoC Students

Jason Berman, one of the producers of the independent film Little Accidents spoke to Robert “Trae” DeLellis’ Survey of Motion Pictures class on October 22. Little Accidents, starring Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, and Jacob Lofland, focuses on a small mining town after a terrible coal mine accident. The film was shown at Sundance Film Festival in January 2014 and was released in theaters a year later. Berman answered a range of students’ questions from details of the indie film to filmmaking in general.   According to Berman, one of the [...]

October 29, 2015|Media Management, Motion Pictures|
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