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Miami STC faculty, students
win at PRSA awards

STC area Director Hongmei Li was selected as the Cincinnati PRSA Educator of the Year. She received the Cincinnati Blacksmith Award at the annual banquet for her work as area Director of Miami’s STC program.

In addition, Miami PRSSA Chapter President Lauren Davis was honored as PRSSA Student of the Year. A group Capstone STC459 project for Miami’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion received an Award of Excellence for its campaign tactics. The team was represented by former student Cecelia Johanni, who now works in internal communications at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

STC seeks faculty member
to teach business communication

Media, Journalism & Film seeks an Assistant Teaching Professor/Assistant Lecturer (non-tenure track) to teach Public Speaking and Business Communication, advise students, and provide service to the department and institution. The position begins in August, 2023. Apply here.

College media group selects
Bellman to be national treasurer

Sacha DeVroomen Bellman was sworn in to the board of the College Media Association at MediaFest in Washington, D.C.

Bellman will join the board as its treasurer, serving for two years until 2024. Bellman, who has been a CMA member since 2005, is a journalism instructor at Miami and the business adviser to all seven of the university’s student media organizations. She has served as editorial adviser to The Miami Student newspaper and the university’s yearbook, Recensio. She previously served CMA as the newsletter editor.

Faculty statement on Asian hate

The Department of Media, Journalism & Film condemns the rise in crimes against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States.

The department also recognizes the ways that media – including news, entertainment, and social media – have participated in the reproduction and perpetuation of stereotypes of individuals of Asian or Asian American background. Stereotypes can work to both homogenize diverse communities and dehumanize individuals. In our work as media producers, teachers, and scholars we are committed to doing more to interrogate and challenge such representations wherever we find them.

See the complete statement here, including a statement made by one of our faculty at the gathering in Cincinnati at the Freedom Center in support of the Asian and Pacific Islander community.

Considering MJF?

Join us as first-year media-users. Graduate as media-literate, critically engaged, citizen-producers ready for an ever-changing career in media.

What can you study in MJF? We offer majors in Strategic Communication , Media and Communication , and Journalism, and a co-major in Film Studies.
Where can you go with MJF? We have travel programs in Washington, Hollywood, Chicago and London, with two more in New York, and opportunities in Italy and Luxembourg.
Who can answer your questions? Be in touch with faculty who serve as area coordinators for each program, or our department chair or assistant chair.
What will you do as an MJF student?
- You can create short films, like “ What She Has to Say ” and “Dear Gaga.”
- You can record podcasts, like this True Stories in Sound collection.
- You can join our active chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America and create PR campaigns for real clients through its PR Visions and capstone courses.
- You can produce multimedia news features, like this Black in Butler County project.
- You can cover news for The Oxford Observer or one of our many student-led media groups.