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Students, Faculty and Alumni Participate in Online News Association Conference

School of Communication students, faculty and alumni participated in the Online News Association conference October 17-19 in Atlanta. The School of Communication also is the academic partner in the Association’s Online Journalism Awards. The conference is the one of the largest digital journalism conferences in the world, providing learning sessions, demonstrations and knowledge sharing for hundreds of media professionals. Meet some of the UM School of Communication students, alumni and faculty who participated: Hadley Jordan, visual journalism undergraduate Hadley Jordan worked with a team of students and professional mentors in [...]

April 7, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Journalism|
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Debate Team Rises to No. 8 in National Rankings

By David L. Steinberg On the wave of another outstanding tournament performance at Vanderbilt this weekend, The University of Miami Debate Team has moved up to No. 8 in the National Debate Tournament Rankings, up from No. 11 in the previous ranking.  UM currently leads traditional powerhouses Northwestern, Harvard, Vanderbilt, Emory, and more than 100 other schools.  We trail only No. 5 Wake Forest in the Southeast region.  UM is ranked No. 11 in the Cross Examination Debate Association rankings.  Both rankings reward points based on ballots won across all [...]

2019-12-17T19:48:22-05:00April 7, 2014|Communication Studies|
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Barbecue Unites Alumni and Students for Homecoming

By Emily Young On Friday, Nov. 8, students, alumni, faculty, staff, and family gathered in the School of Communication courtyard to catch up and enjoy a barbecue. Alumni were back in town for the Homecoming weekend and many brought family  to see their alma mater, old classmates and professors.  The event allowed for current students to mingle and network with alumni from all fields and to hear about their experiences in the workforce. Professors were delighted to see recent graduates in town for the weekend and hear about their careers [...]

April 7, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Visual Journalism Sophomore Honored with Florida Campus Compact Award

By University Communications University of Miami sophomore Valerie Quirk has been awarded The Excellence in Service Award by Florida Campus Compact, which recognizes and honors students for outstanding service to Florida’s communities. "When I first came to college, my goal was to help bring programming to students that would be meaningful and impactful on their lives,” Quirk says. “It means a lot to be personally recognized as I work towards my goals, but at a bigger level, I think it is amazing that Florida Campus Compact is putting a real [...]

2019-12-17T19:47:59-05:00April 7, 2014|Journalism|
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Technologist, Author and Creativity Expert Denise Jacobs to Speak

Speaker, writer and creativity evangelist Denise Jacobs will speak at the University of Miami School of Communication  this Thursday, November 21, at 6:25 p.m. Her talk, titled "Get Unblocked," is  open to the public. As a creative, you need ways to work better so that you can create more, but what do you do when you hit a seemingly insurmountable mental wall? You need to get unblocked: to bust through that barrier to allow creativity to flow. Combining the neuroscience of creativity, productivity hacks, and practices that spur innovation and synergistic collaboration, [...]

April 7, 2014|Interactive Media|
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C-SPAN Bus Visits School of Communication

To public relations and political science senior Allison Novack, C-SPAN is the best of many worlds— a media outlet with a public service mission in government. When she was offered an internship with the network over the summer, she leapt at the opportunity. "I have always wanted to mesh my interests together, and C-SPAN was the perfect place to do that," she said. "It's a great place to intern, because there are so many opportunities to learn and explore D.C." Novack was among the first to arrive when she heard [...]

April 7, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Journalism, Media Management|
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Sports Publicist Natalie Mikolich, B.S.C. ’06, addresses PRSSA

Natalie P. Mikolich, B.S.C. '06, a sports publicist who has worked with various world class professional and Olympic athletes along with some of the leading sports and entertainment agencies, will speak on Friday to the UM chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America about sports publicity and entrepreneurship.  Mikolich launched her boutique firm, npm pr, in 2007. A former UM tennis player, she specializes in working with Olympic and professional athletes (such as ATP World Tour Greatest Doubles Team of All-time Bob & Mike Bryan, WTA World #1 [...]

April 7, 2014|Public Relations|
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As Commencement Nears, Canfield Clan Celebrates Another ’Cane

Molly Canfield started wearing University of Miami-themed apparel as a 10-year-old growing up in the South. Her favorite was a youth cheerleader outfit given to her by her two older sisters, who were UM students at the time. “I wore it all the time,” Molly, a School of Communication senior, recalls. “I told all my friends that I wanted to go to UM when I grew up, just like my sisters.” On December 19, Molly will follow in both of her sisters’—and her brother’s—footsteps, becoming the fourth Canfield sibling to [...]

April 7, 2014|Broadcast Journalism|
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Professor Alberto Cairo Delivers Keynote at Google for Media Summit in Miami

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Alberto Cairo delivered the keynote address, “Believe it or Not, You Are or Should be A Visual Journalist,” at the Google for Media Summit in Miami. The Summit gathered more than 100 media professionals from South Florida and beyond to learn about the latest uses of technology in media and how Google tools can help in storytelling. Cairo argues that journalists must understand the visual display of information, but effective visualizations rely on more than rapidly evolving software. “In order to manipulate those data we [...]

April 7, 2014|Journalism|
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Forbes Honors Alumnus on ’30 Under 30′ Media List

Forbes Magazine has honored alumnus Jason Stein on its annual "30 Under 30" list of young influencers in media. Stein, '07 M.F.A., Screenwriting, founded Laundry Service, a full-service social media agency, just two years ago. The company now has more than 30 employees in New York and L.A., and has worked with some of the most important brands in the world, including Disney, Amazon, Universal, Spafinder, Essence and Desigual. Stein is also a founding and managing partner of Windforce Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage social media and [...]

April 7, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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