Klein College of Media and Communication

Student-journalists using computers in the Philadelphia Neighborhoods newsroom.
Student-run website named nation's best
Type: News Story
PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, the EPPY Award-winning website, gives Temple student-journalists experience in the field.
November 13, 2015
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$1.3 million grant will help Temple test new newsroom practices
Type: News Story
The School of Media and Communication will partner with three major news organizations to assess new mobile and digital practices.
October 18, 2015
TUTV providing live coverage of papal visit
Type: News Story
TUTV, Temple University’s digital cable station, is one of only two collegiate stations credentialed to provide live coverage of Pope Francis’ appearances in Philadelphia this week.
September 24, 2015
Leading the conversation
Type: News Story
For its cover story, the Fall 2015 issue of 'Temple' magazine goes behind the scenes with Tamron Hall, SMC '92, and Kevin Negandhi, SMC '98, HON '15.
September 18, 2015
Advertising students take top prize in national competition
Type: News Story
Four Temple University students won first place gold at the 2015 National Collegiate ECHO Marketing Competition.
August 13, 2015
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to receive Lew Klein Award
Type: News Story
Wolf Blitzer, noted CNN anchor, will receive the 2015 Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award at an annual ceremony hosted by Temple’s School of Media and Communication Oct. 29.
August 13, 2015
Owls listed among PhillyVoice’s ‘creative class’
Type: News Story
PhillyVoice recently named 18 talented young Philadelphians to the city’s “creative class.” Eight of them are members of the Temple community. Learn how they're making their mark on the city.
August 13, 2015
Journalism graduate lands dream job in NYC
Type: News Story
In this Hire an Owl update, Lindsey Murray, SMC ’15, shares her experiences working at ‘Health’ magazine in New York City since receiving her degree in May.
July 30, 2015
Blindness not a barrier for sports broadcasters
Type: News Story
Nick Gomberg and Matt Wallace, Class of 2015, share the same major and the same disability. Proving that blindness is not a barrier to success, they hosted a long-running TUTV sports talk show throughout their undergraduate careers and will celebrate together at Temple's 2015 Commencement.
May 8, 2015
Temple students "making it" in New York City
Type: News Story
This semester, three seniors in the School of Media and Communication travel several days a week together to New York City for internships with prestigious media outlets. Watch as they share their experiences.
March 18, 2015
SMC’s Center for Public Interest Journalism announces Next Mayor Project
Type: News Story
The School of Media and Communication and its Center for Public Interest Journalism have announced a major new collaboration that unites nearly every player in city politics and campaign news at one Web address: nextmayor.philly.com.
February 3, 2015
From dream to distribution
Type: News Story
Students in the Department of Film and Media Arts’ ‘Senior Projects’ class must write a script and a director’s statement on the importance of making their project—just to get in to the class.
February 2, 2015
‘Today’ show co-host Tamron Hall tells SMC graduates to seek the truth
Type: News Story
During Temple's winter graduation ceremony, Temple alumna and 'Today' show co-host Tamron Hall spoke to graduates in the School of Media and Communication about their responsibility to search for the unbiased truth
December 19, 2014
Record-breaking Lew Klein Awards means more student scholarships
Type: News Story
The 2014 Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Awards broke attendance and sponsorship records, which means the Temple University School of Media and Communication can provide more scholarships.
October 7, 2014
Temple students pack Tomlinson for Q-and-A with Brian Williams
Type: News Story
'NBC Nightly News' anchor Brian Williams, the 2014 recipient of the School of Media and Communication’s Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award, spent an hour answering questions from Temple University students on Sept. 26.
September 26, 2014
'Mouride Muslims in South Africa' exhibit comes to Temple
Type: News Story
Photojournalist Iris Dawn Parker, who mentored four Temple students studying in South Africa last summer, will be featured at a major exhibit on Main Campus this month.
September 12, 2014
SMC students recount South Africa experiences in 'Daily News' articles
Type: News Story
The students of the School of Media and Communication Study Away program in South Africa shared stories of their experiences this summer through a special edition of the "Philadelphia Daily News."
August 28, 2014
Student film project nominated for Geek Award
Type: News Story
A comedy web series developed by a group of undergraduate Temple University filmmakers has been nominated for a 2014 Philly Geek Award.
August 14, 2014
Temple University Amateur Radio celebrates 60 years
Type: News Story
Temple University's Amateur Radio Club operates as station K3TU. Located on the Engineering Building’s seventh floor, K3TU features primary and secondary high-frequency stations, as well as a VHF/UHF satellite station.
July 3, 2014
Temple graduate reports from Syrian war zone
Type: News Story
Jad Sleiman graduated May 15 with a journalism degree from Temple’s School of Media and Communication. The following week, he was in the heart of the Syrian war zone for three days, producing a video about Harakat Hazm, a new conglomerate of two dozen rebel groups.
June 18, 2014
Hipster prototype evolved from cultural disconnection, research shows
Type: News Story
The topic of Victoria Marchiony’s senior research project is sure to spark a dialogue among members of the millennial generation. The journalism major devoted her final semester at the Temple University School of Media and Communication to finding out what makes “hipsters” tick.
May 28, 2014
TV news legend Dan Rather to address Temple SMC’s Class of 2014
Type: News Story
Broadcast-news legend Dan Rather, who has covered most of the world’s major news events over the past six decades, will be the keynote graduation speaker for Temple University’s School of Media and Communication May 15.
May 14, 2014
Temple series earns national college TV award
Type: News Story
Temple’s first web-based sitcom, “one of the guys,” has earned a Television Academy Foundation College Television Award in the “Best College Series” category.
April 28, 2014
Michael Busza: Creating inclusion
Type: News Story
A “Producing & Directing” course with Assistant Professor Kristine Trever Weatherston spurred Michael Busza to create, write and direct Temple’s first full-length web sitcom, “one of the guys.”
April 17, 2014
Study finds hints of social responsibility in top companies' mission statements
Type: News Story
Donnalyn Pompper, SMC ’95, ’01, associate professor in the School of Media and Communication, found that the most profitable companies at the top of the Fortune 500 list are balancing financial success with social responsibility better than companies at the bottom.
April 11, 2014

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