The opportunities Newhouse provides grad students with in the first semester are endless. Although many of them have been altered in a way due to COVID-19, it only takes keeping up with your e-mail to seek something out to keep you busy. There is not a single day that goes by on which I do …
After having my last semester of undergraduate study cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, I wasn’t sure how I felt about spending my first six weeks of graduate school online. The transition from full-time residential learning to virtual learning hadn’t been the smoothest for anyone. How would I get to know the classmates I’d be …
During this time, I find myself reflecting on my time at Syracuse University. I am so fortunate to have had such an amazing year at Newhouse. I developed great relationships, mentorships and learned so much allowing me to produce countless stories. One of my favorite pieces, which touches home, is “Project Dad.” I co-produced this …
Newhouse is a Mecca for aspiring media professionals and industry veterans alike. Known as one of the nation’s leading communications schools, our students refine their skills and graduate equipped to enter their field of study. The mission statement found on the Newhouse website states, “the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ mission is to …
What if I told you that there was a place at Newhouse that could make your dreams come true? A place that gave every inch of its being to lend a helping hand and push students to their heighest ceilings? I’m not sure anyone would know. Tucked into the corner of Newhouse 3, where the …
My time in Syracuse has come to an end, as I flew back home to Texas on Saturday morning. I would’ve left earlier in June, but I decided to stick around to help Gary Gemmill facilitate a team dynamics seminar with the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. I spent the entire day with …
Although my time at Newhouse concluded upon graduation in May, I decided to stick around Syracuse until the end of June. This time of relaxation has given me the chance to reflect on some of the highlights during my one year master’s program building Doodle the News. As I have mentioned before, I have the …
With my experiences testing Doodle the News among different target audiences, I’ve come to understand how this multiplatfrom hub could be most viable among elementary and middle school students. Our media literacy workshops have received glowing feedback from high school and college students, but most participants believed Doodle the News belonged to their younger siblings, …
I am now in the same position as the people I looked up to and wished well as they graduated from Newhouse-land and went off into the world this time last year… Say what? How did I get here? Why did two years go by so fast? Did I accomplish everything I wanted before I leave? …