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GREAT SPEAKERS, BIG
STUDENT AUDIENCE |
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Over 70 students from South Florida colleges and universities
jammed studio C at the University of Miami’s Wolfson School of
Communication to have a dialog with the above television industry
professionals: (L – R)Brian
Forti, Partner in Forti-Layne
Entertainment, Miami, Dave Game, Executive Producer for Digital
Media/Internet, WFOR-TV/CBS4, Freddy Hernandez, Animator, WPLG-TV Local 10, Tammy
Darling, Director, WSVN-TV/7, Michael Williams, Anchor/Reporter,
NBC6/WTVJ, Marilu Lozada,
Coordinating Producer, WPBT/2, Claudio Muns, Producer/Cinematographer,
WLTV/Univision 23, Jorge Carballo, General Sales Manager,
WSCV-TV/Telemundo 51 and Rich Engberg, Vice President & General Manager, WBZL-TV,
Hollywood.
Each speaker spoke briefly about his or her career path, offering
advice to the students based on real-life experience. All stressed passion for the
work. A recurring theme was
that to succeed in this business, newcomers must give 100%. After all had spoken, they broke
up into individual spots throughout the studio and the students had a
chance to talk one-on-one with their favorite television professional, a
few of whom were actually offering job opportunities. |