About Miami Montage

Miami Montage was established in 1984 as a one-week workshop with students writing stories exclusively for a tabloid newspaper that was published at the end of the workshop. Beginning in 2007, the program expanded into a three-week newsroom experience, thanks to generous donations from former wire service journalist Peace Sullivan and James Ansin, the general manager of WSVN-Channel 7.

Miami Montage invites 16-20 high school students to the University of Miami campus for three weeks. In addition to publishing a magazine, the students also produce videos, photos, podcasts, studio productions and blogs that are posted on the workshop’s website.

The students get a full college experience — they live in the dorms, work in the School of Communication labs and studio spaces, and spend time exploring and telling stories in the Miami community. Over the years, various student participants have won top prizes for their work in reporting/writing, video and photography.

In addition to their support for the program, Peace Sullivan and James Ansin provide scholarship funds to select participants who want to attend the UM School of Communication.

The program also receives funding from the Dow Jones News Fund; the Jeanne Bellamy Scholarship in Print Journalism Fund and John T. Bills Scholarship in Journalism Fund, both at the Miami Foundation; and the Mupalia Wakhisi Scholarship Fund.