The Power of Team Teaching Through Studying Away 

by Alexandra Pombo 

December 01

Team teaching has not yet been pioneered at many universities. However, here at Klein College of Media and Communication, having multiple professors in one room has proven to be beneficial to both the professors and the students.   In January of 2022, many students had the opportunity to witness the magic of team teaching firsthand through the Klein Global Opportunities program Rocking the World: Disrupting Stereotypical Notions of Race, Class, and Religion. The course was created and taught by three professors in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations: Dana Saewitz...

Aly Clauson, KLN ’22, Works on 76ers Social Media as a Content and Social Media Fellow

by Emma Paige

November 28

While going from being an undecided freshman to landing your dream job right after graduation just four years later may seem like an impossible feat, Klein College of Media and Communication alumna Aly Clauson, KLN '22, (she/her) did just that. Clauson declared her major in advertising on the account management track by the end of her freshman year at Temple University in 2019. By June 2022, she landed a job as a content and social media fellow with the Philadelphia 76ers. "It's a great first job for me. It's everything I could have wanted and more," Clauson said. As soon as...

Baker McNamara, KLN ’22, is a Casting PA at The Tonight Show

by Emma Paige

November 22

"I was always a late-night kid. Like most people in media, I grew up on 30 Rock and SNL and The Tonight Show," said Klein College of Media and Communication alumnus Baker McNamara, KLN '22, (he/him). From the minute McNamara arrived at Temple University in the fall of his sophomore year, he was determined to get an internship in late-night television. McNamara's dream came true in December 2021 when he received a call telling him that not only did he get an internship offer from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, but he also got one from Late Night with Seth Meyers. ...

ICA Information Systems Division Approves Research Methods Award in Honor of Laura H. Carnell Professor of Media and Communication Edward L. Fink

by Emma Paige

November 21

One of the most prestigious academic associations in the field of communication is the International Communication Association (ICA). Each year when the association convenes, awards are given out to professionals for their work and contributions to the field. In 2024, and every even-numbered year after that, a new award will be given to someone for scholarship regarding research methods. In October 2022, the Information Systems Division of ICA approved the Edward L. Fink Research Methods Award in honor of long-time member of the division and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Media...

Klein Student Media Wins Four of Nine College Categories in National Publishing Awards

by Klein College Staff

November 09

Klein College of Media and Communication student media dominated four out of the nine college categories at this year's EPPYs, an annual competition honoring the best in college and university digital media from the previous year. Out of more than 400 entries in more than 40 categories, three of the stories emerged from Philadelphia Neighborhoods, a community reporting capstone producing news for and about Philadelphia's underserved communities. The fourth story came from The Temple News, the university's independent watchdog paper for over 100 years. The awards are given out...

Philadelphia Neighborhoods Takes Home Three 2021 EPPYs

by Arlene Notoro Morgan

November 07

Klein College's Philadelphia Neighborhoods student media course won three Editor and Publisher EPPY awards during the 2021 annual competition honoring the best in college and university digital media. Philadelphia Neighborhoods is the Temple Journalism Department's community reporting capstone, producing news for and about Philadelphia's underserved communities. "I always say the work our reporters produce is top-notch, period," said Chris Malo, assistant professor of practice who directs the Philadelphia Neighborhoods program. "It's not that the work is amazing for...

Senior PR Student Gavin Joyce Prepares for a Career in the Music Industry

by Emma Paige

October 24

"To me, as long as I'm doing something that's focused around music, then I'm succeeding," said senior public relations (PR) student Gavin Joyce (he/him). Joyce has spent his last four years at Temple University actively seeking music industry experiences and ways to develop his PR skills through internships and extracurricular organizations. He also recently started pursuing a minor in communication studies because, as he said, there is no excuse not to communicate with people and having those skills is important in any industry. Ever since high school, Joyce knew he wanted to...

Freshman Jada Bromberg Hit the Ground Running Upon Arrival at Temple

by Emma Paige

October 21

Starting college can be an overwhelming time for many young people as they adjust to new classes and routines. While many first-year students wait until their second semester to get involved in extracurricular activities on campus, freshman communication studies (CMST) student Jada Bromberg (she/her) jumped right in within weeks of starting at Temple University in August 2022. After going to Director of Communication Studies and Undergraduate Studies Scott Gratson's office hours, Gratson suggested Bromberg come to the upcoming Klein College of Media and Communication Preview...

Dean Boardman Speaks to International Gathering of Media Executives

by Klein College Staff

October 20

After 30 years as an editor at The Seattle Times, Klein College of Media and Communication Dean David Boardman knows a thing or two about the news industry and the role of an editor. And after nearly a decade as dean, he has gained some insight about the needs of the profession going forward. For that reason, it is no surprise that Dean Boardman was invited to speak this month to a conference of more than 1,200 editors and publishers from 80 countries. The World News Media Congress in Zaragoza, Spain, is billed as "the most important annual gathering of news media executives"...

Klein Attends: Where Are All The Black People?

by Jerome Richardson

October 19

"Good morning students. Today it is what you do when no one tells you what to do, that shows the world who you are. By getting on the bus this morning at 7:00 AM, you are already a step ahead of everybody else," exclaimed Professor Joseph Glennon, Department Chair of Advertising and Public Relations, as the bus pulled away from Annenberg Hall at 7:16 AM on Friday, October 7. In an entire day spent in New York City, 40 African American Temple students attended Where Are All the Black People?, a diversity conference and career fair. Several professors and Dean David Boardman of...

Nic Uff, KLN ’22, is an Associate Segment Producer at Good Morning America

by Emma Paige

September 19

While many recent Klein College of Media and Communication alumni are settling into new jobs and truly beginning the next chapter of their lives, Nic Uff, KLN '22 (he/him), had the privilege of staying right where he had been, at Good Morning America (GMA). Uff started as a booking intern at GMA in January 2022 and worked full-time until May 2022. As a booking intern, Uff periodically drove from Philadelphia to New York City by 6 a.m. so he could be in the control room during the show. "There's a feeling that I get in the control room that ensures me that I'm doing what I love...

TUTV Receives 11 NATAS Mid-Atlantic Chapter Student Production Award Nominations

by Emma Paige

September 15

On August 9, 2022, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) hosted a virtual ceremony where member organizations presented the nominations for the 2021-2022 Student Production Awards. TUTV - Temple University Television is proud to have received the following 11 nominations: College/university student production - newscast: "OwlSports Update" (3/17/22) "Temple Update" (3/17/22) "Inside the Nest" (11/9/21) "The Temp" (April 2021) College/university student production - news report Manayunk: Businesses Still Struggling to Recover...

Klein College Welcomes Inaugural Mexico Chair

by Lindsay Hargrave

September 13

Dr. Rubén Arnoldo González Macías is only the second Mexico Chair to visit the U.S. and the first in Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication will host professor and researcher Dr. Rubén Arnoldo González Macías next month as the college's first Mexico Chair. The Mexico Chair program is an initiative of the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AMEXID). Prominent Mexican scholars travel to international universities to share their research expertise and meet with faculty and...

Claire Smith Center for Sports Media hosts student chat with Marlins Manager Don Mattingly

by Lindsay Hargrave

September 12

Miami Marlins Manager Don Mattingly spoke to a small group of Klein College of Media and Communication students, faculty and staff on Wednesday, September 7 in Charles Library. The conversation was the first of an ongoing series being kicked off by Klein College's Claire Smith Center for Sports Media, home to the undergraduate sports media certificate. During the event, Claire Smith, co-director of the center, and Klein Assistant Professor Lauren Bullock moderated a conversation with Mattingly, whose career Smith covered during her time at The New York Times and ESPN. A...

Advertising Students Mia Iannucci and Shiv Vats Represent Temple at Washington Media Scholars Case Competition in Washington, DC

by Emma Paige

September 06

While most students take a much needed and deserved break from schoolwork after their finals end in May each year, advertising students Mia Iannucci (she/her) and Shiv Vats (he/him) spent the beginning of their summer preparing to present at the Washington Media Scholars Foundation's Media Plan Case Competition in June 2022. Both students took ADV 4054: Advanced Media Planning with Associate Professor of Instruction Alison Ebbecke (she/her) in the fall of 2021. In that class, Ebbecke splits her students into mini-agencies and has them create a media plan for a hypothetical...

Staying in the Game With Team Klein: Six Alumni Working At ESPN

by Emma Paige

August 15

Have you ever heard a member of the Temple University community say, "Owls are everywhere?" No matter what students decide to do after graduation, they often run into other Temple alumni. Regardless of their major, age or experience, Owls support each other wherever they go.Prior to July 2022, seven Klein College of Media and Communication alumni, six of whom we reached for comment, were working at ESPN, the biggest sports media network in the nation. Whether they've been there for 15 years or five months, the Owl community at the network is proud to be representing Temple in...

Professor Sherri Hope Culver Selected To Be a Fulbright U.S. Scholar

by Emma Paige

August 09

"There are things that I'm getting to do now that I might have said to you in my 20s, 'I would love to do this,' but I could never have imagined any position I would ever have that would enable me to. It really feels unreal," said Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of the Center for Media Information Literacy (CMIL) Sherri Hope Culver (she/her).When Culver first started her career, she dreamed of being on camera. Now, she is just a few months away from starting her project as a Fulbright Global Scholar.More specifically, Culver is one of 16 Fulbright Global...

Paper By Kirtney Metz, KLN ’22, Accepted to National Communication Association Conference

by Emma Paige

July 29

Temple University provides many opportunities for students to pursue research at the undergraduate level. But what happens to that research after graduation?After presenting at this year's Symposium for Undergraduate Research And Creativity, Kirtney Metz, KLN '22 (she/her) decided to submit her paper, Blaire White's Bodies: Transmedicalism and Homonationalism in a Youtube Influencer, to the National Communication Association (NCA) in hopes of being considered to present at the NCA Convention in November 2022.Metz is currently finishing her degree in communication studies and...

A Conversation with Professor Barry Vacker After Participating in NASA Futures Workshop

by Emma Paige

July 06

Recently, Associate Professor in the Media Studies and Production Department at Klein College of Media and Communication Barry Vacker (he/him) attended the NASA Futures Workshop with 30 other professionals from various fields with an interest in space exploration. We talked to Vacker to find out more about the workshop and how he combines his interest in space with his background in critical media studies. What can you tell me about the Futures Workshop?The roundtable, or workshop, was set up in various little sessions with about 30 people. Sometimes it was all 30 of us in a...

Laura H. Carnell Professor of Journalism Carolyn Kitch, KLN '98, and Former Staff and Alumna Shannon Rooney, KLN '13 '20, Receive 2022 AEJMC Awards

by Emma Paige

July 05

This year's Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) conference will be held in Detroit in August 2022, and two members of the Klein College of Media and Communication community will be receiving awards for their outstanding work.Established in 2020, the History Division gives the Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award to one distinguished member of the division with a minimum of 15 years of work in the media history field. This year's recipient is Klein College of Media and Communication's Laura H. Carnell Professor of Journalism Carolyn Kitch, KLN...