Industry leader kicks off SJMC’s Hearst Distinguished Lecture Series

'Empowered consumers, such as Latinos in America today, with a unseemingly limitless number of choices force companies to stop and take a look " said Monica Lozano at the Hearst Lecture Series kick-off event.

Monica Lozano, the CEO of publishing company impreMedia, opened the 2011-’12 Hearst Distinguished Lecture Series at Biscayne Bay Campus Sept. 14. Additional lectures will take place next February and March. “Today, there are more English-language, Hispanic-oriented media targeting this population – so what’s fueling this boom, and how are companies [...]

SJMC lecture series discussion to examine influence of Hispanic media

Monica Lozano to speak at FIU-BBC on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

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, [...]

SJMC graduate students awarded mentored research scholarships

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Three FIU students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s (SJMC) Global Strategic Communications graduate program were awarded mentored research scholarships from locally based literary company Jewish Book Summaries (JBS). The students are preparing, creating and implementing a comprehensive marketing communications plan with JBS during the summer 2011 semester. JBS [...]

FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Telemundo Communications Group announce groundbreaking academic partnership

WHAT: Telemundo Communications Group and the FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communication have established “Hispanic Media Futures,” an innovative student development program to train future Hispanic journalists and communicators. The program is part of a multi-level, multi-year commitment by Telemundo to advance the inclusion of Hispanic professionals in the [...]

Industry takes notice of SJMC initiative at FIU

Student journalists attend weekly budget meeting

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 [...]

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) [...]

FIU journalism dean receives outstanding educator award

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) Aug. 7 [...]