Temple Journalism senior Sean Blanda was one of two Temple students listed on uwire.com's Top 100 College Journalists. The Top 100 were nominated by their peers, professors and advisers as "the faces who will be telling us the news in years to come." Sean was nominated in part for his work in re-designing The Temple News Web site from scratch. "In an age of New Media, Sean is leading the charge among his peers, both at Temple University and nationally. Sean is not a web junkie who’s simply trying to make sites with bells and whistles and string words together. Rather, he’s a serious journalist with real expertise in everything this industry needs to survive," Uwire says of Sean's accomplishments. Read the whole article here.
Temple Journalism alumna Tamron Hall, an MSBNC anchor, delivered the Korothy Kirsch Lecture at the Journalism Department's annual awards ceremony on April 23. Hall, a 1992 Broadcast Journalism grad, urged students to be true to their own values when pursuing news stories.
Prior to joining MSNBC in July 2007, Hall spent 10 years at WFLD in Chicago, where she held a number of positions including gneral assignment reporter, consumer reporter and, most recently, host of the "Fox News in the Morning" program. While at WFLD, Hall covered several breaking news stories. She secured a one-on-one interview with Sen. Barack Obama shortly before he announced his run for the presidency. Hall was nominated for an Emmy for her consumer segment, "The Bottom Line," which she launched in 1999. Before joining WFLD, Hall spent four years as a general assignment reporter at KTVT in Dallas. She began her broadcasting career at KBTX in Bryan, Texas, as a general assignment reporter.
The Dorothy Italie Kirsch Lecture is very generously supported by one of Temple's very distinguished alumnae. A 1936 graduate of the university's baccalaureate journalism program, Dr. Kirsch made her own headlines working on The Temple News from 1932 to 1936. She became the second woman to serve as editor-in-chief. In creating the Dorothy Italie Kirsch lecture series at Temple University, she and her husband sought to inspire a "can-do" attitude among students in the Department of Journalism. At the heart of the series is her belief that "hearing the insight and perspectives of leading communication spcialists offers a unique chance for students to see the breadth of opportunity that awaits them." The Kirsch Lecture is the highlight of the Journalism Department's annual awards ceremony, where thousands of dollars in scholarship money is awarded to students every year. See a list of awards here.
Photojournalism students in the Department of Journalism have launched a full-service photo agency specializing in images of Philadelphia and Temple University. The Aperture Ageny is a cooperative photo agency which offers photos of Temple University and Philadelphia for sale and photographers for hire. See their work at http://www.apertureagency.com.
Registration for the Summer 2008 semester begins on March 17. Registration for Fall 2008 begins March 24. All Journalism students are required to meet with a Journalism faculty member once a year prior to registration. Students should make advising appointments with Mrs. Fairfax by sending an e-mail to yfairfax@temple.edu, or calling during business hours 215-204-8346. Freshmen and new transfer students must meet with an adviser at the SCT Advising Center. Make an appointment at the Advising Center by sending an e-mail to advise@temple.edu, or calling 215-204-5273 during business hours.
Journalism students interested in enrolling in the Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab (JOU 4101) must have completed all of the following courses. Students who register for MURL without having completed these requirements will be dropped from the class.
JOU 1111 - Journalism and Society
JOU 1112 - Writing for Journalism
JOU 1113 - Audio-Visual Newsgathering
JOU 1114 - Design for Journalists
JOU 2101 - Journalism Research
All courses that are required in your sequence (News-Editorial, Broadcast, Photojournalism, Magazines)
For more information, download Temple University's Guide to Registration for Summer and Fall 2008. The schedule for student registration is as follows:
| Summer 2008 |
| Graduate Students |
March 17 |
| Undergrads > 90 credits |
March 18 |
| Undergrads > 60 credits |
March 19 |
| Undergrads > 30 credits |
March 20 |
| Undergrads < 29 credits |
March 21 |
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| Fall 2008 |
| Graduate Students |
March 24 |
| Undergrads > 99 credits |
March 24 |
| Undergrads > 86 credits |
March 25 |
| Undergrads > 78 credits |
March 26 |
| Undergrads > 71 credits |
March 27 |
| Undergrads > 61 credits |
March 28 |
| Undergrads > 48 credits |
March 31 |
| Undergrads > 42 credits |
April 1 |
| Undergrads > 27 credits |
April 2 |
| Undergrads > 15 credits |
April 3 |
| Undergrads < 15 credits |
April 4 |
| Non-matriculated students |
April 7 |
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The Journalism Department has started a new Facebook group to announce events of interest to Journalism students, faculty and alumni. Many of our student organizations are posting their events to this group. The group is open, so anyone who has a Facebook account may join. Access the Temple Journalism Group here.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Dotson and former Philadelphia sports broadcaster Dick Vermeil were among those honored at Temple's 7th Annual Lew Klein Awards on October 30, 2007.
Six alumni from the School of Communications and Theater were inducted into the School’s Hall of Fame. They are: Barbara Attie, ’96, documentary filmmaker; Bill Daly, ’77, senior vice president of post production at Warner Brothers; John Dotson, Jr., ’58, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper publisher; Bob Pantano, ’71, WOGL radio personality; Linda Munich, ’75, vice president of public affairs at WPVI; and Marc Rayfield, ’85, vice president and general manager of WIP.
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