“Women have to be able to be themselves and not play a role that someone else… Almost always a man… Thinks they should play. Women have to have the freedom to speak truth to power, stand their ground, own their space and know they belong.” That was a major point made by Dianne Festa, [...]
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Congratulations to Dr. Karen McIntyre, Kopenhaver Center Junior Woman Scholar Award winner who was invited to Beijing to deliver a keynote speech at the first conference on constructive journalism in China. The conference was organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the leading social science research institution in the country. The Nov. 9 [...]
Congratulations to Nyamekye Daniel, Kopenhaver Center Leadership Program fellow for being selected as a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow. The yearlong program that gives journalists access to faculty in the field and will offer courses on First Amendment law, foundations of a free press, media ethics, reporting/storytelling techniques and other related topics. Nyamekye Daniel's professional [...]
The FIU School of Communication + Journalism (SCJ)– under the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts– inducted its first cohort into the inaugural class of the SCJ Hall of Fame. These exceptional individuals were nominated and selected because of their noteworthy accomplishments and advancement within the fields of communication, journalism, and media. “Our [...]
The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University’s School of Communication, Architecture and the Arts invites you to become a sponsor for the center’s Fourth Annual Conference, “Women in Communication: Shattering the Ceiling.” This national one-day conference on April 4, 2019, will bring together outstanding women professionals [...]
Symposium on the Equity and Equality of the Sexes in Communication Thursday, October 4, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. Women earn less, experience negative company cultures and still face a glass ceiling in the communications industries Clear, objective and robust communications reported or distributed by individuals representative of the population they serve are the [...]
Women earn less, experience negative company cultures and still face a glass ceiling in the communications industries 2018 Kopenhaver Center Report (Miami, FL) A new national survey conducted by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University found that more women are middle managers and in junior [...]
The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University’s School of Communication, Architecture + the Arts will hold its third annual national conference, “Women in Communication: Moving Ahead,” on April 5, 2018, at the Wolfe University Center at FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. Keynote Speakers Sharri Berg, COO of News & [...]
The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University’s School of Communication, Architecture + the Arts will hold its third annual national conference, “Women in Communication: Moving Ahead,” on April 5, 2018, at the Wolfe University Center at FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. The day’s events will bring together thought leaders, [...]
