CARTA awards top faculty members for excellence

The College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts is proud to announce that four faculty members from the departments of communication, journalism + media and music have been awarded a 2020 CARTA Faculty Award. These awards recognize and celebrate the excellent work of our faculty members in teaching, research and service.

This year’s awards […]

Exceptional Alumni: Melina De Rose Editor of ArtBurst Miami

Melina De Rose has made a name for herself working to promote Miami and its culture. She was recently made editor of Artburst Miami, a media hub for local dance, music, theatre, visual arts and independent arts coverage. Having spent 22 years at the Sun Sentinel in roles such as section editor, department […]

FIU iSTAR: PRESENTING SPONSOR AT LEIGH STEINBERG’S SUPER BOWL PARTY

Leigh Steinberg, renowned super-agent, hosted his 33rd Annual Super Bowl Party, presented by Wormhole Labs and CARTA’s Immersive Studios for Altered Reality (iSTAR) program. FIU iSTAR is an extended reality (XR) incubator that will provide student mentorship and hands-on learning opportunities to prepare students for employment using the latest innovations in technology […]

MY INTERNSHIP WITH FIU FEDERAL RELATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Name: Juan Salgado

Major: Senior majoring in Advertising and minoring in Marketing

Where did you intern? Washington, D.C. with FIU Federal Relations. This internship is offered on a limited-basis and highly coveted by students.

What did you do there? As a Communications Intern in D.C., I am responsible for social media management, graphic design, strategy, photography, creative direction, […]

WOMEN IN COMMUNICATION DISCUSS WOMEN MOVING AHEAD IN ANNUAL KOPENHAVER CONFERENCE

“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, morning […]

BOLD Women Visit the Windy City for Agency Crawl

The future is female. This fall, nine female members from FlU’s BOLD Communications Agency traveled to Chicago to visit various agencies and network with top-level company executives.

The trip, which spanned three days (from November 6th to 8th), included tours of seven companies specializing in public relations, social media management, marketing, and […]

SCJ Students Create Digital Security Website

School of Communication + Journalism students in the Fall 2018 Social Media and Globalization course created an educational website to inform the public about online privacy rights and how to securely navigate the internet. The informative website is called Secure the Net: Your guide to privacy in today’s digital landscape.

The website provides the latest resources, […]