Caribbean Cinematic & Arts Festival -UVI Film
by Shugga Rosenbloom, contributing reporter The University of the Virgin Islands Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) invites the general public to join the virtual/zoom film event, Caribbean Cinematic & Arts Festival (CCAF) https://caribfilm.net/on Saturday and Sunday, April 23rd and 24th 2022. Interested persons may check the website at www.cribfil.net and submit a video project to …
The Death Penalty – In Our Opinion Podcast
by Johanna Weekes and Keanu Jacobs
Calling it out- NFL Foul!
by Karon Reynolds-r Lack of Diversity in NFL Coaching The entertainment and excitement of American football cannot be denied. All of the different aspects of the game such as interceptions, touchdowns, and fumbles make for absolutely great plays and crowd reactions. The National Football …
Going for the Goal: Comm Students Submit Record Number of Media Entries to SRPI
staff STX, February 12, 2020). Last year, despite the challenges of the COVID pandemic, UVI comm students placed among the top winners of the Southern Regional Press Institute hosted by Savannah State University. This year, Nadege Barber, president of the University of the Virgin Islands Association Of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) proudly announced that a record …
Institute for Theatre Journalism Advocacy
Reported by Shugga Rosenbloom . ITJA Contributions What is ITJA? Formerly known as the National Critics Institute, now the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy, ITJA challenges writers to embrace the technology and social media areas that are rapidly changing the …
“ITJA Region 4 Students Were the Real Stars” @Southeast Conferences
Institute for Theatre Journalism Advocacy and the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival help put Region IV Students on the map reported by Shugga Rosenbloom Feb 10, 2022—-For the second consecutive year, students in the communication unit of the University of the Virgin Islands were invited to participate in the 2022 Kennedy …
Some Friendships are Special Enough to Last: A short Radio Play
by Karon Reynolds Plays can be very diverse in form and The Meredith College Theatre program presented an interesting set of plays known as the Radio Play Series at KCACTF. These plays are simply audio versions of traditional, standard drama performances. In addition to the vocal artists, the technical director, sound effects manager and stage …
Arts Administration and Media: Upfront and Personal at KCACTF 2022
by Michael Bell (STX, February 6, 2022) During the first week of February, I had the opportunity to participate in a week-long theatre festival, hosted by The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students annually from colleges and universities across the country and UVI is part …
Critique: A Sudden Spontaneous Event
KACTF -Theatre Review by Carlos Eton (STX, February 8, 2022).-There are two types of plays: ones that are so poorly produced and excruciatingly painful to watch that simultaneously undergoing root canals and colonoscopies would be preferable … and ones that move us so deeply that we are bursting at the seams to share that joy …