Boriana Treadwell

BEA2025
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Boriana Treadwell

University of Miami

Senior Lecturer

Miami, FL

About me

I am a former CNN producer turned full time journalism professor. I teach broadcast journalism classes at the University of Miami, and I am one of the faculty advisers to the student-run university TV station, UMTV. For the past 7 years, I've advised the flagship weekly live news show NewsVision, which is one of the best student-produced news shows in the country. It has consistently being nominated in and won multiple awards in various students competitions, include Edward B. Murrow, CTA, BEA, NBS-AERho, SPJ Mark of Excellence, NATAS Suncoast, FABJ, and others. I also advise several UMTV special productions a year on various topics.

My Speakers Sessions

9:00am PDT

Examining Major News Events of the past 5 decades - part 2 W304

9:00am PDT

What’s the story? Teaching students to find good story ideas and develop them W311