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Monica Lozano, the CEO of impreMedia and publisher of the highly respected Spanish-language La Opinion and El Diario La Prensa newspapers, will speak during the opening lecture for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s 2011-’12 Hearst Distinguished Lecture Series at Biscayne Bay Campus on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Lozano’s lecture, [...]
Making mental health and substance services available to youth is not enough to ensure that the community benefits from them. Fear of the unknown, social stigma, unwelcoming environments and some cultural beliefs often keep those who most need services from actually getting them. To address this issue, the School of [...]
More than 2,100 students from FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication had the opportunity Oct. 20 to meet executives and professionals from the E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation during Scripps Day 2010. The day-long event allowed students to boost interview skills, obtain career coaching, network with media [...]
The City of Fort Lauderdale recently awarded a plaque of distinction and recognition for the work of associate professor Rosanna Fiske and five former students from her campaigns class: Alejandro Baez, Ana Vega, Cristina Campos, Cynthia Founds and Melissa Desrameaux. The students, whose last-semester campaign project was for the City [...]
Journalism students make Liberty City their beat When 17 students in a School of Journalism and Mass Communication reporting class learned they would spend the spring semester covering Miami’s troubled Liberty City neighborhood, some were excited. Others were just plain scared. Reflecting on their time writing for the newly-created “Liberty [...]
During Spring Break, advertising senior Lorene Bauduy traveled to her native country to report on life after the storm for Haitian college students. Bauduy is one of only a handful of student volunteers involved in developing a pilot program to use Flip video cameras and blogging to document life after the [...]
As news of Haiti’s earthquake spread, FIU students began employing the skills they’ve learned in class to help those in need. In January, students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) started volunteering as members of an emergency task force established under the auspices of the Haitian Consulate [...]
Sara Marzougui recently had the opportunity to be part of a live broadcast of the CBS Early Show thanks to an invitation from show producers, who personally invited students from FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication to be part of the pre-Super Bowl XLIV mania in Miami. Marzougui, a print [...]
Univision Radio WQBA 1140 AM to simulcast panel presentation from 8-9:30 a.m. In honor of Jose Marti Day, distinguished professors at FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) and the Cuban Research Institute (CRI) will host a panel presentation Thursday, Jan. 28, on the Cuban patriot and the influence [...]
South Florida News Service aids newsroom survival. By Heather Radi-Bermudez The chatter around newsrooms these days involves the question of survival. With the advent and increase in Internet and user-generated content, traditional media formats are seeing a transformation due to shifts in American culture. FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass [...]
