Social hour, mini presentations with mentors and professionals as well as closing remarks.
More details about MMCAspeed coming soon.
Let us know if you have a project or problem you are interested in sharing.
This panel will set the stage for the overall discussion: from the statistical analysis of the digital divide in the Americas to the new legal and political environment that the new communication technologies and news platforms are facing in countries such as Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
• Moderator: Eduardo Gamarra, Professor, Professor, Political Science, FIU
• Maarten Boute, Chairman, Digicel, Haiti
• Alan Albarran, Professor of Media Management and Economics at University of North Texas
• Juan Pablo Ferro, Researcher, Digital Technologies, Education and Media, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
• Ricardo Trotti, Executive Director, Inter American Press Association
Our panelists will discuss the opportunities that the Internet has created for news endeavors, and the challenges they are encountering to reach their audiences. A strong discussion on market conditions and strategy implementation.
• Moderator: Mario Diament, Professor, School of Communication and Journalism, FIU
• Selymar Colón, Deputy Managing Editor and Senior Director of Digital News at Univision
• Daniel Eilemberg, President and Chief Content Officer at Fusion, and Founder of Animal Politico
• Dr. Mario R. García, CEO and Founder, Garcia Media and Adjunct Professor at School of Journalism, Columbia University
• Alejandro González, Development and Innovation, 14ymedio.com
Seasoned journalists will share their experience on how legacy media and entirely digital media are targeting a slippery audience. They’ll share their knowledge at the tactical level: new trends in storytelling, how to leverage social media platforms, and how to evolve and be ready before disruption.
• Moderator: Mercedes Vigon, Associate Professor, School of Communication and Journalism, FIU
• Carlos Cortes, Digital Journalist, Univision
• Elaine Díaz, Nieman Fellow and Founder, La Polémica Digital
• Hiram Enríquez, Founder, Mist the Content Cloud
• Romina Ruíz-Goiriena, Chief Content Officer at Prowell Media, and
Founder of Barrio in Miami
A conversation with the gurus of new mobile technologies. A discussion on the technologies and platforms that are changing the news media landscape, and the conditions that the new and existing projects should meet to become successful and sustainable news businesses.
• Moderator: Susan Jacobson, Assistant Professor, School of Communication and Journalism, FIU
• Rebekah Monson, Co-Founder, WhereBy.Us and Miami New Tropic
• Maria Del Carmen Suarez, CEO and Founder, VAS Consulting
• Elizabeth Suarez, COO, VAS Consulting and Alumna School of Communication and Journalism, FIU
• Janine Warner, ICFJ Knight Fellow and Co-Founder, SembraMedia
“Mobile Media Culture in the Americas” (MMCA) is the theme of the 34th edition of the annual Journalists & Editors Workshop on Latin America and the Caribbean to be held on March 23, 2017, at Florida International University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Miami. It’s free and all are welcome; RSVP now to save your spot.
Each year, FIU’s Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and School of Communication + Journalism partner to provide a forum for journalists, scholars and policy-makers to discuss the social, economic and political issues facing the hemisphere. These conversations represent informed, interdisciplinary efforts toward enhancing and deepening news coverage, policy decision-making, and the general public’s understanding of the region.
The workshop attracts some of the top experts on mobile technology in Latin America from the business, nonprofit, and academic worlds, as well as policy makers from both international organizations and Latin American and Caribbean governments. Participants will also include professional journalists, technology enthusiasts, and students from the fields of Journalism, Communication, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Marketing, and Information Technology, among others.
This year we’ll have a full day of interactive analysis of how information and communication technologies—specifically, mobile media—affect Latin American and Caribbean societies. How are mobile media bridging divides? Is that bridge strengthening democracy, social mobility, and economic equality and supporting growth and development? How has innovation changed the newsroom and news media landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean? What is being done to support enhanced journalistic coverage of our hemisphere?
Attendees can expect a lively and informative discussion among on-the-ground experts, media professionals, researchers, educators and students. For example, participants in this year’s workshop will examine in-depth topics such as:
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For this year's event, we are piloting a student newsroom experience to immerse undergraduate and graduate students in a digital media environment by providing hands-on experience during the full-day symposium.
Six select student writers, photographers, editors and designers will produce content for a conference online publication before, during and after the event under the personal guidance of six to eight faculty and professional mentors.
Mentors will work one-on-one with one or two students to help develop story ideas and advise on coverage production. Mentors will receive special event recognition. They also have a chance to pay it forward, shaping the skills of tomorrow’s leaders in digital journalism.
A very special thank you to our student-run pop-up newsroom mentors:
• Roshan Nebhrajani, The New Tropic
• Danny Rivero, Fusion
• Jessica Weiss, Univision
• Ariel Zirulnick, The New Tropic
Are you working on a mobile media project focused on Latin America and the Caribbean? Have you come across a problem that needs to be solved? Is there a dataset missing and you'd like to argue for more or better research?
During our closing event, we'll invite students, scholars and professionals to present ideas. If you’ve got a big idea to share, and the guts to present it in five minutes or less,