FIU and Telemundo join forces to help journalists – Florida Wires – MiamiHerald.com

MIAMI —
Florida International University is joining Telemundo Communications Group to help develop more Hispanic journalists and encourage their involvement in Spanish-language media.

The initiative begins this summer and will pair Telemundo executives with students from FIU’s School for Journalism and Mass Communication.

The intensive mentorship program will offer students a general overview of the network. Students will be assigned later to specific departments for internships depending on their area of study.

FIU journalism school Dean Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver says the program provides unique hands-on training for students in Spanish-language TV.

Roughly 35 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish. More than 10 percent of them live in Florida

Telemundo is a division of NBCUniversal.