About Brian
Brian Schlansky just started his senior year at the University of Miami. A Visual Journalism student, he has been hard at work since day one.
Alongside his usual studies, Brian volunteered for UMTV’s flagship show NewsVision, editing B-rolls for each broadcast. When the studio control rooms underwent renovation for the spring semester, he helped create updated graphics for the show.
In November 2006, Brian participated in a National Geographic Photo Camp held in Homestead, Florida. He and other Visual Journalism students helped teach photography to the children of migrant Mexican workers. Brian was responsible for uploading a selection of the students’ daily photos to the camp’s website, and maintaining it each night.
In February 2007, Brian volunteered for UMTV’s newest endeavor, We The Students. The first exclusively online show for the station, We The Students is one of the first interactive collegiate debate shows in the nation. During the pilot shooting, Brian ran the graphics, using the skills he acquired from NewsVision. He also assists in correcting any technical difficulties the website encounters.
Brian is most excited about his opportunity to be a part of the Knight Center staff again this year, as a Junior New Media Designer. Two years ago, he began setting up servers and establishing procedures, even before the labs underwent construction. He also coded the website for Gaby Bruna’s report from Haiti’s Central Plateau— explaining the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, and how Project Medishare is helping it achieve them. Her report was one of the first produced under the initiative of the Knight Center for International Media.
In September 2007, Brian was hired as the webmaster for The Miami Hurricane student newspaper.
Throughout the summer of 2008, he completely rebuilt and redesigned the site with a more multimedia-centric version, built on the powerful WordPress platform. Brian wrote an indepth account of the entire process on the College Media Innovation blog.