Last summer, Associate Professor of Practice Matt Fine saw an Edenton Steamers game, a summer collegiate baseball team for the Tidewater Summer League in North Carolina and Virginia. While he was there, he got to know the interns who were calling the games and running the team's social media. This spring, he recommended two of his own star media studies and production (MSP) majors from OwlSports Update, junior Raymond Dunne and sophomore Nick Nystedt, apply for the positions. They were easily accepted based on their extensive media experience here at Klein College of Media and...
Chloe Hill, a senior communication studies major with a minor in management consulting in the Fox School of Business, had an idea. Since her family is in the fire sprinkler business and her partner is a firefighter, Hill quickly became aware of the statistic that most fires reported by eyewitnesses have already progressed to the point of doing serious damage. To combat this, she came up with the idea for a solar-powered sensor that uses radio transmission to send information about wildfires to dispatch before they get big enough to harm property or take lives. Being impactful,...
Miyalani Wagner, a junior double majoring in communication studies and psychology, comes from a family of self-starters. With a home environment that focused on work ethic and drive, Wagner has always had an entrepreneurial spark. Now, she is looking to expand her horizons as an intern for motivational speaker, author and podcaster Marc Hayford, who she hopes will reinforce and build upon her professional and entrepreneurial skills.Wagner says that one of her long-term career goals is to own her own business. On her way there, though, she would also like to go to graduate...
You may remember Samantha Hilty, KLN '17, from a recent Bird Feeder event, where she kicked off the spring series with her colleagues at Grey NY - Elizabeth Gilchrist, senior vice president and global account director, and Evan T. Atherton, copy supervisor. The team spoke about a PSA they created for States United to Prevent Gun Violence, "Best Unbox Ever With Cayden," that has gone viral on YouTube and received widespread attention, including in Ad Week.The video uses the format of the popular "unboxing" style video, popular with children and young people on YouTube. In this...
PHILADELPHIA, PA — In a new virtual context, Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University recently hosted an online event combining two of its signature graduate opportunities: the Graduate Research Forum and the Klein-Carnell Awards. The event, which took place throughout the day on Zoom on Friday, March 19, 2021, showcased some of the most rigorous research being done at the graduate level at Klein during four academic sessions as well as two of our brightest doctoral alumni. The awards portion highlighted Klein-Carnell Rising Scholar Dr. Carrie Teresa...
A few months ago Christiana Dillard, a master's student in the Media Studies and Production (MSP) program and former news writer for Klein College of Media and Communication, was looking to apply for a semester-long business journalism fellowship that she was only half-interested in. That fellowship, facilitated by the National Association for Black Journalists (NABJ), led her to the NABJ website, where she would discover another fellowship launched jointly by NABJ and the Facebook Journalism Project that focuses on fact-checking for the social media behemoth.Preferring to take...
From serving as a volunteer with Temple University Television's OwlSports Update to taking on a news producer role at WPDE in South Carolina, Ayanna Clark, KLN '18, has made rapid progress in her career. Recently, she accepted a position at NBC 10 Boston, an NBC-owned-and-operated station located in a national top ten media market. Clark plans to continue to draw from the lessons she learned at Klein College of Media and Communication to help her adjust to her big move and her new position.As a student at Klein, Clark started as a communication studies major and switched to...
Before the social distancing requirements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people could not imagine working from home. But Rachel Ezekiel-Fishbein, KLN '86, was ahead of her time. When she launched her public relations agency Making Headlines in December 1995, she did so from the comfort of her home using emerging technology like the Internet. Today, Making Headlines is still going strong with Ezekiel-Fishbein, who also teaches at Klein College of Media and Communication, at the helm.Making Headlines was birthed out of necessity. Ezekiel-Fishbein worked at Earle Palmer...
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Klein College of Media and Communication recently signed an exclusive national agreement with Signal AI, one of the leading companies transforming how business leaders make decisions. Access to the Signal AI artificial intelligence platform opens the college to a wide range of opportunities and applications in courses throughout the college as well as marketing.Signal AI's platform is at the cutting edge of analytics; in the words of Assistant Chair for Public Relations Gregg Feistman, "To call it just standard media monitoring is an understatement. Signal AI...
Xiwen Zhang describes herself as an "academic fan." Tracing her love of transnational and intercultural media all the way back to seeing The Lion King in theaters in China as a young girl, Zhang now studies popular culture fan communities, or "fandoms," as a fourth-year doctoral student at Klein College of Media and Communication.Having studied fandoms for years and considering herself an avid fan of superhero movies and comics, Zhang's most recent publication goes in-depth on this subject. The article,"Why most Chinese fans of American superhero movies are girls: A gendered...
More exposure brings more opportunities for exploration. This became evident to Qori Broaster, KLN '15, when she decided to attend Temple University and join the Department of Advertising at Klein College of Media and Communication. Here, she found the space to combine her love of art with her developing appreciation for business. Now, she is a partner at The Soze Agency and owns a freelance graphic design company Hello Qori, working to foster community through her professional endeavors and help others reach their goals.A New York City native, Broaster participated in the...
Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Production (MSP) Andrew Iliadis has a pretty unique set of research interests; though he has a strong background in critical data studies, he recently co-edited a book titled Embodied Computing: Wearables, Implantables, Embeddables, Ingestibles with Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture and a Associate Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Isabel Pedersen, who also served as his former post-doctoral advisor. The book is a compendium of research surrounding the imagined future in which...
Many news publications have recently had to confront issues of diversity and inclusion, and The Philadelphia Inquirer is no exception. Last summer, the publication was the center of controversy after an article titled "Buildings Matter, Too" was published during anti-police brutality protests that rocked the country. The article was the catalyst for staff protest and the resignation of the publication's top editor. In discussions with the Inquirer about an audit, David Boardman, dean of Klein College of Media and Communication and chair of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism,...
After a decades-long career in public relations, retired Klein College professor Jean Brodey died on April 30, 2014, at age 85. However, some of her former students are ensuring that her legacy is passed on to a new generation. Danielle Cohn, KLN '95, and Cathy Engel Menendez, KLN '93, established a campaign fund to endow a scholarship in Brodey's name. They made substantial contributions and encouraged others to give as well. Today, with help of other significant gifts - including from former student Krysta Pellegrino, KLN '00 - the fund has been endowed and the Dr. Jean...
In trying times and circumstances, understanding makes all the difference. Laura Smythe, KLN '19, prioritizes connecting with others in all areas of her life, and her journalism is no exception. As the tourism and hospitality reporter for the Philadelphia Business Journal, she has taken her journalism training from Klein College of Media and Communication to new heights.Smythe found her way to Temple University after attending a semester at Ithaca College in New York and extensive traveling. In total, she has traveled to 28 countries via budget backpacking, including Kenya,...
Last month, the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ) awarded three journalism students from Klein College of Media and Communication with scholarships. Victoria Lucas, Nicolle Majette and Kyla Jackson were each recognized with $1,000 to apply toward their education. The recipients were told about the scholarships by Denise James, an adjunct instructor at Klein who is a past officer of PABJ. They used their applications as a space to express their desire to contribute to the diversity and equity of the industry, as well as promote a vision for journalism's more...
Temple University Television (TUTV) is the home of Queer Temple, the first LGBTQ-centered series featured on the station. The show was started by junior communication studies student Andreas Copes and Christopher Smith, a sophomore majoring in communication and social influence. Despite changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Queer Temple team has remained focused on their mission of queer representation and recognition in media.Queer Temple is the product of similar visions that came together as one. Last spring, Smith discussed creating an original LGBTQ series for...
The Lew Klein College of Media and Communication recently welcomed two new members to its board of visitors: two women who have and continue to serve as role models and prime examples of what success in Philadelphia's media climate can look like.The first new member is Janet Klein, the philanthropist, historic preservationist and wife of the late Lew Klein, who both lend our college their name. A native of the Philadelphia region and an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, Klein and her husband touched many lives through their philanthropy, supporting disciplines from...
Transfer communication studies sophomore Regina Schliep is a boundless force of creativity. The interdisciplinary creative merges writing, photography and music through her various processes, the latest of which resulted in a collaborative zine project titled "Solitude," created with her friend and Parsons School of Design student Camren Stevens. It will appear in Issue 3 of First Kiss, a zine that showcases "art made by members of Generation Z who feel disenfranchised within their communities and are searching for something more."Friends since the age of five, Schliep and...
Throughout his career, Michael Kauffman, KLN '86, has maintained his commitment to the music and communication industries. Now, as the director of Clio Music and Clio Cannabis for The Clio Awards — also known as "the Oscars of Advertising" — he is helping communication professionals receive recognition for their similarly hard work and bringing Klein College of Media and Communication students along for the ride.Kauffman began his roles with the Clios after several positions at prominent companies in the media and music industries. His career has spanned decades,...