(PHILADELPHIA, PA — Oct. 8, 2018) — Temple University's chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) was awarded the Mid-Atlantic regional conference by PRSSA at this past weekend's national conference. In conjunction with the chapter's 50th anniversary, the conference will be held March 22 and 23, 2019.
The exact location will be announced within the following weeks, and is expected to attract public relations students from New York to Washington. The regional conference will offer students a unique opportunity to expand their network by connecting wit...
Charles Barkley spoke his truth about the NBA, broadcasting, maintaining credibility and being assertive, frustration over young people who waste opportunities and some other things he said "drive me nuts."
Athleticism, humor and frankness define Barkley, the 2018 recipient of the Lew Klein Excellence in the Media award. And during a "student conversation" event Friday at Temple University's Performing Arts Center, the hall of famer, two-time Olympic gold medal winner and esteemed commentator told about 300 people that he lives to take jabs at Shaquille O'Neal, loves to read pri...
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2, 2018 — Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication announced today a $1.5 million gift from Kal and Lucille Rudman, the latest in a series of transformative gifts from the philanthropists to support the growth of student opportunities at the university's award-winning television station, TUTV.
"Few people have had as significant an effect on our college as Kal and Lucille Rudman, whose support has enabled hundreds of students to have access to life-changing and career-making opportunities. Their ongoing commitment...
Students from the Department of Communication and Social Influence have revitalized the college's rhetoric club, renaming it the the TU Public Advocacy Club and creating a rare space where students can respectfully disagree and strategize about how to affect change.
The re-emergence of the club comes as a direct result of the restructuring of the department last year, which now emphasizes advocacy, civic engagement and urban organizing, said faculty advisor Professor Abbe Depretis. Students with a concentration in public advocacy resurrected the club and opened it to students...
Dylan Coyle envisioned his future the moment he heard legendary Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas make the call of his career and announce the team's 2008 World Series victory.
"He connected the fans to that moment," recalled Coyle, KLN '21, a journalism major who is the 2018 recipient of the Gene Hart Scholarship named for the longtime voice of the Philadelphia Flyers. "I want to be connected to the moment, and the sportscaster is the maker of the moment."
A staunch ice hockey fan, Coyle, 19, dreams of calling Flyers games someday.
Since high school, he has honed his delivery...
Assistant professor of journalism Andrea Wenzel received the inaugural Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Research Prize for Professional Relevance for her work on stakeholder trust in news sources. The research was conducted with Wenzel's colleague Sam Ford, a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The award-winning conference paper, titled "Engaged Journalism in Rural Communities," is part of a broader study which grew out of more traditional research. Wenzel and Ford conducted meetings with residents, community l...
Klein College came in third from among 270 participating teams in Marketing Edge's annual marketing competition. Participants in the Collegiate ECHO Challenge had one semester to create a marketing campaign for Fossil smartwatches and pitch it to judges from the industry.
The team of five included Nick Downs, KLN '18, who focused on market research Nicole Milstead, KLN '18, and Elena Barishnikova, KLN '18, media experts, and art directors Joe Starosa, KLN '18 and Quyen Truong, KLN '19.
Professor Alison Ebbecke, who advises the team, pointed out that the team's skills were...
Klein College alumnus Juan Larrosa-Fuentes KLN '18 is one of two winners this year of the Tom Patterson Best Dissertation Award, granted by the American Political Science Association. His doctoral dissertation, "Communication and the Body Politic: Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential Campaign in Philadelphia's Latino Community," offered comprehensive analysis of Clinton's strategy with Latinx and Hispanic voters.
The 2016 presidential election was at the forefront of American attention as Larrosa-Fuentes was deciding on the focus of his doctoral dissertation. "It was clear that...
Graham Foley talks as if he has the best internship ever.
Well Eagles fans, maybe he does.
"I'm kind of amazed by it all," said Foley, KLN '20, the journalism major and self-described "writing nerd" who's among the reporting and social media staff for the Philadelphia Eagles.
"It's beyond my wildest dreams."
Foley earned this super gig in late June and will work full-time through the fall semester, breaking from classes. He's written updates from training camp, reports on star quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick Foles, player profiles, a guide to the Aug. 9 preseason game aga...
She was caught doing her job at breakneck speed.
An Associated Press photo captured NBC News intern Cassie Semyon, KLN '19, sprinting - in flat sandals - from the federal courthouse in Arlington, Virginia, to deliver the verdict in the tax and bank fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Twitter smiled collectively with the hashtag #GoBlueDressGo, she became a hero to journalists everywhere and a Klein College standard-bearer who slays negative stereotypes about young people.
"So proud. Have you ever seen a better picture of a journalist running to break...
Four Klein College professors, Dr. Scott Gratson, Dr. Adrienne Shaw, Dr. Tracey Weiss and Professor Laura Zaylea, will start the 2018-2019 academic year with new titles.
Gratson was named full professor in a surprise ceremony during the Lambda Pi Eta Honors dinner on May 1. He also serves as director of the Communication Studies Program and as director of undergraduate studies at Klein College.
"To have the respect of one's peers is truly uplifting," said Gratson. "I love teaching, and this is the highest rank I can achieve as a teacher. This really reinforces [Klein College's...
Eli LaBan, KLN '17, has been named a Princeton in Africa Fellow for 2018. LaBan will be in Rwanda for a 12-month fellowship where he will work with the grassroots NGO Gardens For Health. After graduation, LaBan traveled to Cuba to work on a documentary about that country's Hip Hop scene before earning a fellowship in Nicaragua where he spent six months creating a series of short videos designed to promote and preserve the disappearing Rama language. The series won a College Emmy. When he returned from Nicaragua, LaBan was anxious to keep the momentum going and continue his int...
The Temple chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) has been awarded the Star Chapter designation for the second year in a row. The designation represents the highest standard for PRSSA chapters.
To qualify as a Star Chapter, PRSSA groups have to meet a series of significant requirements in addition to providing quality programing and networking opportunities to their members. Last year, Temple's PRSSA Chapter exceeded the already considerable achievements required to become a Star Chapter.
A number of chapter members applied for scholarships and a...
John Matthews, KLN '19, is already a distinguished MBA and global vice president at the software giant SAP. But rather than resting on those accomplishments, he, age 56, decided to return to Klein College to earn his MS in Communication Management as a vehicle to fuel his startup nonprofit that raises awareness and funds for lung cancer treatment. Matthews' mother was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and passed away in 2011. What surprised him was to learn that the illness, which receives less awareness and research support than similar conditions, is the most deadly cance...
Laura Saltman, KLN '94, was focused on building her career in celebrity journalism when a series of tragedies pushed her to look deeper. Now, she's a consultant and author who helps her clients balance their career pursuits with their spiritual lives. Saltman transferred to Klein College as an undergraduate because it offered a unique program in radio, television and film, which put more emphasis on the contemporary media of the day than the traditional journalism program which she had begun at Ohio State University. "I just loved that Temple was a little more forward thinking...
Alexandra Cahanap, KLN '21, researches pornography for its scholarly value.
It's a form of mass media markedly influential on most people and mainstream popular culture, she argued in her honors media and society research paper presented at the Gender and Women's Studies Student Research Conference at Villanova University.
Her paper, "The Penetration of Pornography in Society," resulted from research with 109 participants aged 16 to 27 — most of them 18, the large majority of them heterosexual and slightly more than half of them male — answering questions about pornography...
Cassandra Semyon, KLN '18, will be spending next summer in Washington, D.C. working directly with MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell. Semyon was hand selected by Mitchell as part of an independent study program.
Semyon, who majors in media studies and production, spent last summer interning at ABC News in Washington and was anxious to find a way back to the capital. She was hoping to work at the D.C. bureau for NBC news, but she couldn't figure out how to apply. Professor Paul Gluck, the general manager at TUTV and Semyon's mentor, was able to help. "[Gluck] found someone who knew s...
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PHILADELPHIA - AUG. 6, 2018 - Charles Barkley, NBA Hall of Famer and Emmy-winning broadcaster, will receive the Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award this fall. The acclaimed analyst will be the 18th recipient of the honor at a ceremony hosted annually by Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication to honor distinguished alumni and media figures, and to raise funds for student scholarships.
Barkley began his broadcasting career in 2000 as a studio analyst with TNT, and he has broadcast every NCAA Final Four since 2011. Today he appears on...
For Ben Otte, KLN '18, there's nothing like the "rush" of working in live television because "you only have one shot to get it right." Otte, a photojournalist for WGAL-TV in Lancaster, is among several Klein College graduates who worked on the multimedia show Temple Update, an experience that led to a full-time position in broadcasting within a month following graduation. Peter Jaroff, the assistant chair of the Department of Media Studies and Production and the executive producer of Temple Update, says at least seven new alumni found work soon after earning their degrees. Fo...
The Associated Press Media Editors Awards for Excellence in Journalism will honor the Reentry Project, a collaborative journalism project focused on bringing attention to prison issues, at their 2018 ceremony. Julie Christie, KLN '19, was cited specifically for her work on an infographic for the project.
The Reentry Project, a project of the Solutions Journalism Network, represents a new trend in reporting— collaborative journalism. The yearlong project brought together a group of reporters and news outlets to investigate issues around challenges for the formerly incarcerate...
