SJMC dean steps down, to return to teaching

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Longtime FIU family member Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver is leaving the deanship of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) this fall semester. The award-winning educator, a nationally recognized First Amendment and student press authority, has been at FIU for almost four decades. She will return to teaching in 2012 [...]

Inside Haiti: Digital storytelling project reveals tough times for college students

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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 [...]

FIU journalism dean receives outstanding educator award

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MIAMI – FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) Dean Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver has been named the 2009 recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Journalism and Mass Communication Education Award. She received the award at the business meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) [...]