Michae Baisden,Opinion Editor As the end of Miami’s Film Month ends, FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication premiered its first Media Arts Festival Tuesday night at FIU’s Miami Beach Urban Studios. The theme of the festival was “Only in Miami…” The event was not only a platform for local artists to showcase […]
Selima Hussain//Staff Writer Behind the infamous suspenders, thick rimmed spectacles and legendary television/radio personality that is Larry King, lies a comical, down-to-earth man who enjoys the simple things in life — like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. “You have to be insane not to like peanut butter,” said King. “If you give me a peanut […]
Alfredo Aparicio/Staff Writer “I had this idea for a festival that would showcase media work, done mostly by students, but also by faculty and alumni,” said Dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Raul Reis. The idea grew into the FIU Media Arts Festival, which will be the closing event for the Greater […]
Michael Ortega/ Staff Writer With the rise of corruption in business, the only solution is to seek out the few who can stand up for what is right. The American Whistleblower Tour made its return to FIU on Feb. 7 to shed some light on this situation. The program was brought to FIU by the […]
Katherine Lepri/ Staff Writer Five years ago, Allan Richards assigned his undergraduate students to monitor media coverage of HIV/AIDS. He was subsequently shocked by, what he considered, the lack of local reporting of the issue in south Florida, even though the region had seen a troubling uptick in new cases. “There are multiple reasons why […]
