David Boardman, dean of the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University, has been recognized by a major national business publication as a NewsPro Noteworthy Journalism Educator for 2020.The nomination is awarded by a committee from Crain Communications' NewsPro trade publication. Boardman joins nine other notable media educators who use their expertise to help promote effective journalism.Boardman's nomination speaks to the dedication he has shown throughout his decades in the media industry. Before coming to Temple in 2013, he was executive editor and...
Emily Deyo, a sophomore communication studies student at Klein College of Media and Communication, was recently featured in Milk Makeup's 2019 holiday campaign. The cruelty-free, vegan and paraben-free cosmetics company is located in New York City, where Deyo traveled to shoot the campaign over the summer. Deyo, who transferred to Temple University from Drexel University to study communication studies on the policy, regulation and advocacy track, has strong interests in writing and activism. She considers herself a freelance model who utilizes many communicative processes to...
Temple University alumni are taking the local news world by storm. Waterman Broadcasting has more than its fair share of alumni at two of its television companies in Fort Myers, Florida: WZVN-TV, an American Broadcasting Company affiliate and WBBH-TV, a National Broadcasting Company affiliate. Currently, there are five alumni of Klein College of Media and Communication between the stations, with one more on the way. The influx of Temple alumni has led them to dub the Waterman stations "Temple South."Peter Jaroff, executive producer and faculty advisor for Temple Update, Update...
Amanda Brown, KLN '19, knows how to make her dreams come true. After graduating in the spring, the advertising major with a concentration in account management applied to nearly 70 jobs. Through her perseverance, she stuck out the job search and earned a position with The Walt Disney Company as an advertising operations associate. Along the way, she was guided by the principles of hard work and dedication that she honed at Klein College of Media and Communication.Brown grew up in New Jersey and always wanted a career in New York City, where she was born and where much of her...
Michael Carey, KLN '19, is living a fairly accurate version of his childhood dream. Growing up, the broadcast journalism graduate of Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication wanted to become a NASCAR driver. Although he is not on the race track behind the wheel of a car, he is there on the sideline reporting on the action with FOX Sports and NBC Sports. The skills he developed through Klein College helped him reach this point of success, but he also tapped into his lifelong enthusiasm for NASCAR and broadcasting.Carey was introduced to Temple early in his...
Charlie Dawes, a senior advertising major on the art direction track, attended the 2019 Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles, California. The three-day annual event featured notable keynote speakers, informative breakout sessions and plenty of inspirational projects to observe. However, Dawes believes that as a student, the most helpful part of the conference was having the opportunity to speak with and learn from professionals in creative fields. Dawes began her time at Temple University as a marketing major in the Fox School of Business, but she realized before the completion...
Amanda García, KLN '10, was recognized with a Community Builders Awards at the 2019 Cynopsis Top Women in Media Awards held in New York City. The awards, hosted by Cynopsis Media and sponsored by Turnkey Search, a talent recruitment firm, highlight trailblazing women in the media industry. García, the director of CBS Interactive Partnerships, believes that her time at Temple University and the faculty at Klein College of Media and Communication helped her gain the confidence to share her valuable industry insight with others.García did not plan on working in the media industry...
On Nov. 14, 18 media studies and production students on the audio and music business track visited Rock Lititz campus, a production community that brings together industry leaders in the live events industry, for their inaugural Live Events Exploration Career Day. Along with students from 25 other schools, Klein College of Media and Communication students were introduced to representatives from the community's companies such as Yamaha and Clair Global and learned about various paths to success in the industry. Hosted by the Live Events Association of Pennsylvania (LEAoP), of...
Making the move from the University of Maryland to Temple University was not the direction Paul Frendach expected his college journey to take, but the redshirt sophomore believes in where it is leading him. Since starting in August as a communication studies major, he has developed a love for his new soccer team, Philadelphia and Klein College of Media and Communication.
Frendach grew up in rural Maryland and spent his time working on his family farm. He created his own fun by spending time alone, with his family or even with the horses on the farm. Without the close...
Over the summer, Klein College of Media and Communication student Sam Trilling completed an internship with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) in Bosnia. As a senior majoring in both journalism and political science, Trilling is making it his mission to learn more about investigative journalism and international affairs with the remainder of his time at Temple University and in his future career.Trilling did not realize his love for journalism until some time after he started at Temple. He entered college with the expectation of continuing as a physics...
Nancy Barnes, senior vice president of news and editorial director for National Public Radio (NPR), will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2019 winter graduation ceremony for Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication. "Nancy Barnes is one of the smartest, most energetic, most respected people in the world of journalism," said David Boardman, dean of Klein College. "She has worked successfully across forms of media to produce content that enriches lives and elevates our democracy. We are so fortunate to have her here to inspire our graduates."Barnes' media...
Lauren Lindley believes in trusting her gut. The junior communication studies major recently started a successful wall kit business on the vendor website Etsy that has now reached over 1,000 sales. As a transfer student, she says that her experiences at Klein College of Media and Communication have helped her improve her business practices.
Lindley began her college career as a music student at Belmont University in Tennessee. She is a jazz vocalist who still has aspirations of working professionally in the music industry, but she felt that Belmont was not her preferred...
Temple's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), a nationally designated Alpha chapter and recipient of the 2019 Star Chapter Award, will host a 50th Anniversary Gala on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at Temple University's Science Education and Research Center (SERC). With more than 120 members and as the longest standing chapter in the Philadelphia region, Temple's chapter was selected for its landmark 50 years in existence and its longstanding tradition of public and student service."It's my sincere hope to see at least another 50 years of a thriving Temple PRSSA chapter,"...
Phil MacNeal, a senior communication studies major, recently self-published his book, Rift. The science fiction novel, available as an eBook and in a Kindle book format on Amazon, follows the futuristic story of Jason Slate, a low-ranking employee of a corporation overseen by a dysfunctional government who finds himself involved in resistance efforts. MacNeal wrote Rift throughout his time at Klein College of Media and Communication, but crafting the book was far from his only commitment; in addition to maintaining high academic marks, he is also a member of Temple University's...
Steph Hirsch, KLN '17, is committed to leveling the playing field in the sports world and beyond. The graduate student at the University of Washington currently works as a Transportation Equity Program graduate intern for the city of Seattle. But their dedication to diversity, inclusion and equity stems from their work in sports media, their role as a former athlete and their queer identity; and one of the places that helped them along the way was Klein College of Media and Communication.Hirsch first developed their love of sports in their childhood. Their father was a play-by-...
Meghnaa Tallapragada, assistant professor in the Advertising and Public Relations Department of Klein College of Media and Communication, was recently elected secretary of the mass communication division of the International Communication Association, one of the organization's 33 divisions. In addition to her responsibilities, Tallapragada is using the position to further explore the interdisciplinary nature of communication.Tallapragada considers herself a lifelong student and draws from a wide range of studies in her work. She grew up in India and completed her undergraduate...
Klein College of Media and Communication associate professor Sherri Hope Culver was recently elected vice chair of the international steering committee for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Global Alliance on Partnerships for Media and Information Literacy (UNESCO GAPMIL). As the director of Temple University's Center of Media and Information Literacy (CMIL), which is designated as a 'global chair' in media and information literacy by UNESCO, Culver is well-versed in media and information literacy and wants to foster a campus community that...
(PRSSA) recently attended the PRSSA International Conference in San Diego, California. The organization is under the leadership of the Public Relations Society of America. Temple PRSSA also received recognition for the longevity and impact of its work.
Emma McClain, a senior communication and social influence student and president of Temple PRSSA, was excited to take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about the world of public relations and explore how professionals navigate the state of public relations today.
"The conference is very innovative and talks a lot...
Emma McClain, a senior communication and social influence student and president of Temple University's chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, won this year's Anne Sceia Klein Award for Professional Promise. The award, sponsored by Philadelphia's chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, recognizes an outstanding junior or senior undergraduate student who takes an active interest in public relations.For McClain, this recognition was a long time coming. When she started as a student at Klein College of Media and Communication, she was undecided on...
