CMST Student Brian Mermelstein Interns with the Kentucky Derby for a Second Year

by Emma Paige
June 21
"It's like getting into football by going to the Super Bowl. It really makes no sense," said rising senior and communication studies student Brian Mermelstein (he/him).Though Mermelstein always had an interest in the Triple Crown races, he didn't have much knowledge of horse racing until he applied to a posting he saw for an internship position with the  Kentucky Derby in 2021.In May 2022, Mermelstein attended the Derby for the second year in a row to shoot photo and video for the Derby social media team. This year, he said, was different from 2021. Last year, much of his...

One Family Remembers Their Sister and Empowers Students to Travel

by Lindsay Hargrave
June 20
When disaster and tragedy strike, it can be difficult to find a way to stay hopeful. But when a family loses someone whose light shines extra brightly, there are ways to keep that light shining for years to come.Diane Rencevicz was a radio, television and film major at Temple University from September 1985 through December 1988. While she was traveling home from studying abroad in London on December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland after a bomb was detonated. Diane was one of 259 passengers and crew killed in the terrorist attack along with 11...

Danielle Salvato, KLN ’22, Turns Her Internship at Harmelin and Associates Into a Full-Time Job

by Emma Paige
June 17
Many media studies and production (MSP) students hold an internship and take MSP 4785: Internship before finishing their time at Temple University. From the moment recent graduate Danielle Salvato, KLN '22 (she/her), started her internship at Harmelin Media, she knew she wanted to stay and work there after her internship ended.Salvato found Harmelin at a Klein College of Media and Communication networking event in 2019 and is glad she was able to make that connection early on, before it was time to take MSP 4785.As an intern in the paid search department, Salvato worked two...

Students Prepare to Attend and Intern at NYC Pride as Part of “Pride Class”

by Emma Paige
June 08
In Spring 2022, 20 students took CSI 4628, Klein College of Media and Communications' class all about the history of the Pride movement and that gives students the opportunity to intern for the New York City Pride March.The class, which is taught by Director of Undergraduate and Communication Studies Scott Gratson (he/him), ran for the second half of the spring semester, but won't truly end until after NYC Pride on June 26th, 2022. At the march, Temple University students will volunteer with spectator services, of which Gratson is the captain, and they will walk in the march...

Klein College Hosts First In-Person Global Fusion Conference Since COVID

by Lindsay Hargrave
June 06
Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University is one of six universities that hosts the Global Fusion conference in rotation, and the conference will return to Philadelphia on October 14-16, 2022. As the first Global Fusion conference to be held in person since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is no surprise that the theme this year is "(Re)Connecting." The call for papers has been extended through July 1, 2022.Klein College's conference planning committee consists of Associate Dean for Research...

Angel Taylor, KLN ’15, Covers Premiere of Bad Boys Los Angeles for Her Podcast, All Of The Above

by Emma Paige
June 02
It is safe to say that over the last two years podcasts have become quite popular, but Klein College of Media and Communication alumna Angel Taylor, KLN '15 (she/her), has been in the game since February 2017 when she and her brother-in-law, Kevin Strickland, CLA '03, launched their podcast All Of The Above."Our main goal was to promote and highlight local entertainers, musicians, entrepreneurs - basically anyone local," Taylor said.All Of The Above is based in Philadelphia on the PHL Radio app and airs once a week. Taylor and Strickland collaborate on each episode as Taylor...

Dean David Boardman Named Administrator of the Year

by Klein College Staff
May 19
PHILADELPHIA, PA - David Boardman, dean of Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University, has been chosen as Administrator of the Year in the 2022 Scripps Howard Awards, the Scripps Howard Foundation announced today.A panel composed primarily of journalism and communication educators from across the country selected the winner of the award, which is given in collaboration with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award recognizes a single administrator annually for excellence in leadership of journalism and...

Klein’s Brutus Turner Community Service Award Honors Acts of Kindness and a Furry Friend

by Lindsay Hargrave
May 18
Brutus was a beloved golden retriever certified therapy dog belonging to Associate Professor of Journalism Karen M. Turner (she/her). He was known throughout Annenberg Hall for his many guest appearances at college events as well as impromptu visits that lifted the spirits of students, faculty and staff. Now, Turner is ensuring Brutus' memory and joyful spirit lives on through a term fund. This award, the Brutus Turner Community Service Award, will be presented to one rising sophomore, junior or senior each year who has shown outstanding commitment to volunteer work in the...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson to Receive 2022 Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award

by Klein College Staff
May 11
Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication will honor Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson with its 2022 Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award.Each year, Klein College honors one luminary from the media world whose work and career serve as inspiration to its students. Previous winners have included comedian Tina Fey, sports icon Charles Barkley, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet.Questlove, a Philadelphia native, will receive the honor on Sunday, October 23, 2022, during the college's Lew Klein...

Klein Recognizes Its Employees with the Annual Faculty & Staff Awards

by Lindsay Hargrave
May 10
As is customary at the end of each academic year, Klein College of Media and Communication recognized standout members of its faculty and staff during the end-of-year collegial assembly. These awards acknowledge faculty and staff members who have exceeded expectations in the areas of teaching, research, professional engagement and service to students and the college. The 2022 winners are:Junior Faculty Teaching AwardThis award recognizes a professor with nine or fewer years of cumulative teaching experience for teaching excellence.Saleem Ahmed, assistant professor of practice,...

Founder and CEO of Influence Entertainment Dyana Williams, KLN ‘97, to Address Klein Graduates on May 4

by Lindsay Hargrave
May 03
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University has announced that entertainment powerhouse Dyana Williams, KLN '97, will deliver the keynote address at the college's graduation ceremony. The ceremony, to be held on Wednesday, May 4, is to be held at the Liacouras Center at 5:30 p.m.Williams, founder and CEO of Influence Entertainment, is a renowned advocate and authority in popular culture, especially Black music. The veteran award-winning on-air personality is a trailblazer in music, broadcasting, and celebrity media strategy.

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Rising Senior Marissa Marsh Lands Influencer Communication Internship With Disney Parks

by Emma Paige
May 03
They say Disney World is the happiest place on Earth, and it's about to get even happier as rising senior public relations student Marissa Marsh (she/her) prepares to move to Orlando for eight months to pursue an internship in influencer communication for the park."It was always kind of a dream, a very far off dream, to work for the company one day. Now that it's happening, it still hasn't hit me yet," Marsh said.After finishing an internship at Being Agency in the fall of 2021, Marsh started looking for another opportunity in the same field. As an avid Disney lover, she knew...

Six Klein Students Attend Eastern Communication Association Conference as Ambassadors for the First Time

by Emma Paige
April 29
For the first time in two years, the Eastern Communication Association (ECA) Conference took place in-person in Philadelphia from April 7 - 9. Klein College of Media and Communication is proud to have had six students attend the conference as student ambassadors.As student ambassadors, Alyssa Eder (she/her), Angela Largo (she/her), Lucy Niyazova (she/her), Tommy Hernandez (he/him), Mikayla Renwick and Harry McKinlay attended at least two days of the conference where they helped with logistics and got to attend presentations of the research done by various people in the...

PRSSA Hosts Annual TU Invitational Conference, “PuRsuing Philly”

by Lindsay Hargrave
April 28
Temple PRSSA recently hosted their annual TU Invitational conference on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Temple University's Howard Gittis Student Center on Main Campus. This year's theme was PuRsuing Philly. Participants were encouraged to engage and network with some of the top public relations and communication professionals in the Philadelphia area, the fourth largest media market in the United States.With a comprehensive roster of session topics such as tourism and hospitality, sports and entertainment, fashion, government, advocacy, healthcare and technology, there was...

Temple’s Klein College Hires Two Stellar Journalists To Launch New Center For Urban Investigative Reporting

by Klein College of Media and Communication
April 27
Two award-winning, nationally renowned journalists - one of whom is also an experienced educator - will join Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication this summer to launch its new Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting.Joining the Logan Center will be Yvonne Latty, a multimedia journalist and professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University; and Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald investigative reporter known for exposing injustice in the sex-trafficking case of Jeffrey Epstein.Latty will be the director of the Logan Center...

Claire Smith Center for Sports Media’s First Jackie Robinson Symposium is a Success

by Lindsay Hargrave
April 22
On Friday, April 8, Klein College of Media and Communication's Claire Smith Center for Sports Media hosted its first-ever Jackie Robinson Symposium in honor of the 75th anniversary of the integration of Major League Baseball. Speakers included many descendants of key figures in the history of baseball's integration, such as Branch Rickey III, the grandson of the man who signed Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers; and Sean Gibson, the great-grandson of legendary Negro Leagues slugger Josh Gibson. The event was covered in the Inquirer as well as on MLB.com."Our Center is all about...

Students Prepare for “Rocking the World: Disrupting Stereotypes of Race, Class and Religion” Symposium

by Emma Paige
April 21
On January 3, 2022, myself and 21 other Temple University students logged on to Zoom to attend the first day of the early term start course, Rocking the World: Disrupting Stereotypical Notions of Race Class and Religion, led by Klein College of Media and Communications Public Relations Department Professors Meghnaa Tallapragada, Dana Saewitz and David Brown.After three days of Zoom class, we left Philadelphia on January 6, 2022, and headed to Washington, D.C., where we went to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Museum of African American History and...

Public Relations Course Uses Makerspace Technology Grant to Create Tours for Stakeholders

by Lindsay Hargrave
April 19
As many public relations students and practitioners will tell you, the industry is constantly changing and evolving, especially when it comes to technology. For this reason, Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations Steve Ryan is using Temple University's resources to help introduce his class to emerging technologies they will eventually encounter in their PR careers.To help them access the vital technology for their coursework, Ryan's PR 4502 course, Innovations in Public Relations, is using the Makerspace Technology Grant from...

Health+Commerce Begins Ongoing Partnership with Klein College

by Lindsay Hargrave
April 14
In 2020, Chief Client Officer for Health+Commerce Krysta Pellegrino, KLN '00, realized that she and her company could be doing more to find solutions to the lack of diversity in the public relations industry. Collaborating with Klein's Diversity Advisor to the Dean David Brown and Major Gift Officer Jose Zeron, the company has begun a partnership with Klein College of Media and Communication. At the core of the partnership are the Health+Commerce PR Scholarship and annual financial support for the Temple University Black Public Relations Society (TUBPRS), as well as speaking...

MSP Student Erik Jesberger is the Voice of the Reading Royals

by Emma Paige
April 08
From being a news anchor on his middle school's morning show to calling the play-by-play action at Reading Royals hockey games, sophomore media studies and production student Erik Jesberger (he/him) is already making quite a name for himself in the broadcasting business.Jesberger has been with the Royals since September 2021 where he started as a broadcast and media relations intern. In that role, he clipped highlights, created posts and got the opportunity to do intermission reports at live games.When the former play-by-play announcer Dylan Coyle, KLN '21, stepped down in...