When Senior Vice Provost for Strategic Communications and Professor of Media Studies and Production Betsy Leebron Tutelman realized that her undergraduate internship seminar's monthly meetings were not engaging her students at the same level as they did when they were in-person, she looked to her colleagues for advice. Inspired by a faculty event hosted by Associate Dean Jennifer Ibrahim at the College of Public Health, she was struck by the idea for a virtual coffeehouse — a relaxing online space that was aesthetically pleasing and conducive to conversation, both casual...

When Fernando Gaxiola was in high school in the Washington, D.C. area, he found photography as a creative outlet. This outlet also taught him some valuable lessons about time management; the darkroom process would always take at least 25 minutes, no matter how much you rush. So, in order to complete an assignment, he had to avoid wasting time and getting distracted at the beginning of class so that he had enough time in the darkroom. Now that Gaxiola has settled into his new life as a student at Klein College of Media and Communication, he still carries his photography teacher'...

Klein College of Media and Communication prepares students to excel in any of the professions they decide to pursue throughout their lifetimes and the proof is in Grace Shallow, KLN '20. Shallow graduated from Klein with a degree in journalism, but in September received a position as a communications specialist for Katz/Pierz, a health insurance agency in New Jersey. Shallow has always enjoyed storytelling and writing, and found that journalism was the perfect profession to both utilize her writing skills and learn others' stories. She took on several writing and editing...

Heather Gaskell, KLN '20, is proof that determination can lead to a meaningful career. Her experiences as an advertising major with a copywriting concentration at Klein College of Media and Communication led her to her current position as a junior copywriter with marketing and advertising agency RAPP. Gaskell, who grew up in Massachusetts and transferred to Temple University from a small college in Rhode Island, used Philadelphia's urban setting and pace as inspiration to "balance it all" and hustle toward her goals. Although she began her undergraduate studies at her previous...

On Tuesday night, members of the Temple University community waited in anticipation in the university's Anderson Hall ahead of the first presidential debate of the 2020 United States presidential election cycle. They were participants in a debate watch party hosted by David Mindich, chair of the Journalism Department at Klein College of Media and Communication. The masked attendees gathered in Anderson's largest lecture hall, which has enough seating to accommodate social distancing guidelines. Mindich, who started hosting presidential debate watch parties in 2000 during the...

Anthony Petro, KLN '18, has been interested in a law career for a long time now. When he was a student in the communication studies program at Klein College of Media and Communication, he participated in many activities that would get his future law studies off to a solid start. His commitment to his goals has led him to become an accomplished law student at nearby Drexel University's Kline School of Law.Petro, who has a family history at Temple University, was always prepared to be the kind of involved and enthusiastic student the university attracts. Perhaps the most...

When Kamilah Bryant, a sophomore advertising major at Klein College of Media and Communication, transferred from the University of Houston last semester, she barely had time to adjust before the COVID-19 pandemic forced all classes to transition online. She acclimated to the new circumstances by boosting her resume by becoming a recipient of one of the national Washington Media Scholars Foundation Media Fellows Scholarships. These awards provide financial assistance to undergraduate students whose academic interests are at the intersection of advertising and public policy, an...

Luisa Suarez, a junior journalism and political science double major at Temple University, was one of ten students across the nation to recently receive the NBCUniversal/LULAC National Education Service Centers (LNESC) scholarship. Suarez's hopes to be a trailblazer in Latinx representation in the media industry, especially in matters of politics.The NBCUniversal/LNESC scholarship is awarded to Latinx undergraduate students who are pursuing careers in media and entertainment. Sponsored by NBCUniversal and administered by LNESC, the scholarship program selects young...

Ramadan, the sacred month of fasting for Muslims around the world, is also a time of celebration. An important component of the tradition is iftar, the daily breaking of the fast that involves the gathering of extended family and friends. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many Muslims were not able to convene with loved ones during iftar. But Google, the parent company of YouTube, decided to bring the tradition to YouTube in a major way. Omar Hussein, a content creator and doctoral student in the media and communication program at Klein College of Media and...