National First Gen Day Features SCJ Alumni and Actress Arlene Tur

National First Gen Day Features SCJ Alumni and Actress Arlene Tur

November 15, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Nearly 50% of the FIU student population are first-generation college students. As the first in their families to attend a university, these students face an exclusive set of challenges...

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Journalism Day 2018 Yields Nearly 600 Student Participants

Journalism + Media

November 13, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Nearly 600 middle and high school students attended the 46th annual South Florida Journalism Day, co-sponsored by the Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA), the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for...

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Communication of Conservation Course Offered Through National Geographic Society Grant

Communication

November 7, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

In collaboration with the Tropical Conservation Institute at FIU, the Department of Communication has designed a course for students interested in species conservation and communication As part of an...

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Citizen Scientists measure urban flooding during 2018 Sea Level Solutions Day

Communication, Journalism + Media

November 1, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

More than 100 FIU students and faculty, government officials and concerned citizens gathered on October 27 for FIU’s 3rd annual Sea Level Solutions Day to document climate change impacts...

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CARTA in DC Communication Interns Tour the Capitol as Guests of Congressman Curbelo

Communication, Journalism + Media

October 25, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Fall Semester’s CARTA in Washington, D.C., Communication Interns were guests of Congressman Carlos Curbelo’s office for an informative chat with Press Assistant Mason Di Palma, who outlined the challenges...

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Communication Study Abroad Students Help Save Refugee Lives in Collaboration with PROEM-AID

Communication, Journalism + Media

October 18, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

This past summer, students with FIU’s Communication and Media Study Abroad Program worked with a Spanish based non-profit organization called Professional Emergency Aid, or PROEM-AID, to help save...

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My First Job: Digital Marketer for Groot Hospitality

Communication

October 11, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

As an international tourist destination, South Florida is a hub for the hospitality industry. Emphasizing the importance of resume building and maintaining networks, Public Relations major Cassidy Jordan Cann...

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CARTA and SCJ Host Media Hub Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Reception

Communication, Journalism + Media

October 5, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

The College of Communication Architecture + The Arts’s School of Communication + Journalism (SCJ) celebrated the official opening of the SCJ Media Hub at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus...

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CARTA in DC Interns Tour Nation’s Capital

Communication, Journalism + Media

September 27, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Those of us of a certain age remember a Schoolhouse Rock favorite that featured a forlorn Congressional bill sitting on the steps of the Washington, D.C. Capitol, trying to...

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FIU’s Journalism + Media Inaugurates News Bureaus in DC and NYC

Journalism + Media

September 14, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

The School of Communication + Journalism’s South Florida Media Network (SFMN) launched its new student-run, faculty-led news bureau program through the inauguration of the SFMN| Bureaus program spaces in...

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Exceptional Alumni: Senior Publicist at BBC Studios

Communication, Journalism + Media

September 7, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

FIU alum Laura Paez has always loved communications and marketing, but she never thought she’d work in the entertainment world. Even before graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor’s in...

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Journalism Alum Reports 1,700-mi. Journey Along the Border

Journalism + Media

August 30, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Travelling 1,700 miles from the Rio Grande Valley to San Diego, FIU alumus Tiffany Huertas spent seven days highlighting immigration and the Mexican border crisis in a project called...

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My Internship with CentroNia Family Center in Washington DC

Communication

August 23, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Name: Keenan Thompson Major: Public Relations and Political Science double major Where did you intern? I interned at CentroNia Family Center in Washington, DC. CentroNía, is a nationally recognized,...

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My First Job with NBCUniversal Hispanic Group

Journalism + Media

August 16, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Name: Andrea Sanmiguel Hometown: Miami, Florida Degree/major: Mass Communications in Journalism with a minor in psychology and a certificate in European and Latin American studies Where are you working?...

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CARTA in DC + DC Alumni Network Picnic

Communication

August 6, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

The CARTA in DC Communication Department Internship Program is always seeking new organizations to host our fantastic students, and partnering with the FIU Washington, DC Alumni Network is an...

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Exceptional Alumni: Univision Atlanta Executive Producer/News Anchor Takes Home 8 Emmys

Journalism + Media

July 26, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

FIU Journalism Alumni, Amanda Ramirez, WUVG 34 Univision Atlanta Executive Producer/News Anchor, recently took home 8 Emmys® in several categories, including General Assignment Report – No Time Limit;Weather – Feature, Segment,...

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My Internship with the Library of Congress

Journalism + Media

July 19, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

With a passion for political journalism and the democratic process, broadcast media major, Leo Cosio, landed a communications internship at the Library of Congress via FIU in DC. Spending...

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My First Job with Nickelodeon

Communication, Journalism + Media

July 12, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

After a Spring internship with Nickelodeon, FIU grad William Neal landed a production position at the company. During his time, he’s learned to match the fast pace of the...

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Student Leadership Series: BOLD President Valentina Lara

Communication

July 5, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

My name is Valentina Lara, and I am the president of BOLD!, FIU’s student-run communications agency. We give our students the opportunity to work as account executives or on...

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My First Job as a Meteorologist in Colorado

Journalism + Media

June 29, 2018/By Sarah Hernandez

Name: Nicolette Sheaks Hometown: Miami Lakes Degree/major: Atmospheric Science & Broadcast Journalism Where are you working? Title? KKCO/KJCT Grand Junction, Co Weekend Meteorologist/MMJ How did you get your job? A...

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