Communication studies student Matt Talbot saves dogs’ lives with Animal Aid USA

by Dylan Coyle
April 03
Matt Talbot, a first-year communication studies student, has always had a love for dogs. That's what encouraged him and his mom to create Animal Aid USA.Talbot attended a St. Joseph Elementary School in Hammonton, NJ in 2009 and had to do an outreach project to help his community and improve people's lives. He and his mother, Karen Talbot, were struggling to think of what they could do until they watched a PETA video about how shelter dogs are treated in the southeastern United States.They were inspired.Matt and Karen wanted to personally see what the conditions were like for...

Students met with media executives for an exclusive look into the content creation behind children’s media

by Ashlea Flowers
March 29
The children's media industry is exploding with career opportunities that span from content creation, production, advertising, marketing, research, journalism and education. Children's media has a global reach, but it thrives in Los Angeles, California. Over winter break, the Office of Global Opportunities at Klein College debuted a new study away immersion program. Twenty Klein College students earned three credits in eight days by studying children's media in L.A.When Professor Hope Culver proposed the program, her goal was to expose students to the many career opportunities...

Four Klein College students advance to Media Scholars Case Study semi-finals

by Dylan Coyle
March 27
Four Klein College of Media and Communication students made the semi-finals of the Washington Media Scholars Media Planning Case Study Competition. The competition's top 24 teams advanced from the qualifying round to the semi-finals. The top six teams from the semi-finals will advance to the final round with an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. to battle for the National Excellence in Media Award and $16,000 in scholarships.Two of the teams that advanced to the semi-finals are from Klein College. Jessica Mihalczo (KLN '20, advertising) and Raelie Mulvey (KLN '20,...

Geoffrey Klein continuing family line of storytelling with prolific career

by Dylan Coyle
March 15
Klein College of Media and Communication adjunct professor Geoffrey Klein is a natural storyteller. While his grandfather, Judge Charles Klein (after whom the Temple University Beasley School of Law's Klein Hall is named), and his father, Judge Richard Klein, went into the public legal sector, Geoffrey Klein's calling has always been creative storytelling. "I always like to say that I have a very active brain," he said. "My left and right side always seem to be in conversation."His active brain, his talent for storytelling and the legal interest that seems imprinted in his...

Kristina Hammerschmidt becomes news director at KYW Newsradio

by Dylan Coyle
February 18
When Kristina Hammerschmidt accepted the news director position at KYW Newsradio, she fulfilled a lifelong goal."I always knew I wanted to work as a news manager in this market but never thought the opportunity would come so soon," she said.Hammerschmidt, KLN '11, graduated from Klein College of Media and Communication with a bachelor's degree in journalism. While at Temple University, she worked her way up from a volunteer role with TUTV's Temple Update to executive producer there. Her experiences with Temple Update taught her how to effectively manage a news team and how to...

Dr. Tracey Weiss has Dedicated 50 Years to Temple University

by Dylan Coyle
February 08
If you have a chance to love what you do as a career, take it. Tracey Weiss, an associate professor at Klein College of Media and Communication who is currently teaching Klein College students studying abroad in London [https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17911031932176228/], has followed this rule all her life.Weiss graduated from Temple University in 1971 with an education degree and a minor in communication and theater.The 1960s were a time of activism, and Weiss was no stranger to it. Although she wasn't formally a part of any activist organizations, Weiss recalled...

TUTV all-women talk show, We Need To Talk, is a first

by Dylan Coyle
February 01
An all-women talk show on TempleTV is something that had never been done before.Then Tanjeen Twinkle and Jenna Song started "We Need to Talk." Twinkle describes the show as focusing on items about which women are passionate.Some of those topics include pop culture and dating. Song credits the show with allowing her to be more social."I'm very self-reserved," Song said. "Tanjeen is everywhere personality-wise, she is absolutely everywhere. She got me into all of this." The two friends had always talked about creating a talk show, and Twinkle already had a similar show airing on...

Klein College graduate hits behind-the-back half-court shot during live news segment

by Dylan Coyle
January 14
Shaun Gallagher, KLN '11, didn't fully grasp what had happened.While interviewing Harlem Globetrotters player Orlando Melendez, a.k.a. El Gato, live on TMJ4 Milwaukee, Gallagher decided he would attempt a behind-the-back half-court shot.He made it."Immediately, my executive producer called me and said, 'We need you guys to feed that video back immediately because we want to use it again and again and again,'" Gallagher said.Within a couple of hours, the video went viral."I never thought that it would be something positive that went viral of me," Gallagher said.The ball floats...

Heather LaMarre making the most of her time in Israel as Fulbright Specialist

by Dylan Coyle
December 10
Dr. Heather LaMarre said her  time spent in Israel has been like no other experience before.LaMarre is in the Fulbright Specialist program, a government-funded program that sends academics and established professionals to work at global host institutions. LaMarre has been working at Haifa University and will be there for six weeks before coming back to Temple University in mid-December."I've been to a lot of places in the world, and I've got to tell you that it's one of the coolest," LaMarre said.Israel's rich history is a big reason behind LaMarre's enjoyment of the country,...

Klein Career Center opens Career Closet for students dressing for professional world

by Dylan Coyle
November 16
Money doesn't exactly flow out of student's pockets. This can be troublesome when trying to dress and prepare for the professional world.Klein College of Media and Communication Career Services (Career Services) noticed that and created the career closet."Students will come in, 'I need a headshot, but I don't have anything to wear,'" said Lu Ann Cahn,  director for career services at Klein College. "And so they just sort through the closet."The career closet, full of suits, dresses, and everything in between, stemmed from an idea former Klein College advisor Candice Frazer had...