Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to attend the Nickelodeon Writer’s Workshop at Newhouse. Karen Kirkland, the Vice President of Outreach and Talent Development came to Newhouse to give a presentation to students who have an interest in pursuing a writing career in the television industry, specifically the Nickelodeon Writer’s Program. The Nickelodeon Writer’s Program offers …
How does an aspiring literary fiction writer convert to advertising? Honestly, I spent four years after earning a B.A. in writing fantasizing about a spot in SU’s exceptionally elite M.F.A. in Fiction program (George Saunders’s “Sea Oak” changed my life — just to have him as a teacher would be the pinnacle of writerly achievement. …
New York Fashion Week just passed, and being a fashion fan as well as wanting to get involved in the fashion business, I am trying my best to keep up with the industry. When I first learned about the Fashion & Beauty Communications Milestone academic sequence, I knew immediately it was for students like me, …
Among all of the traditional Chinese festivals, the mid-autumn festival is the grandest one. It is a holiday when families reunite to have a family dinner and enjoy the wonderful full moon. But for all of the Chinese students in Syracuse, this year’s mid-autumn festival was especially different since we’re far from home. Fortunately, thanks to the Syracuse University …
For those of you who don’t know, I grew up in an apple orchard, and every spring, my dad would start the grueling job of pruning the apple trees. Pruning is the process of removing dead, unproductive and obstructive branches from a tree to help promote new, healthy growth. Although it is a difficult process, …
One of the many benefits of being a Newhouse student is the access to so many opportunities to get involved and gain real-world experience before you walk across the Carrier Dome stage on graduation day. I’m about to take on my biggest project of the semester as an advertising graduate student. I couldn’t be more …
Being in Newhouse, we are constantly used to hearing success stories of people who are working for well-known companies; ABC, NBC, ESPN and Viacom are among a few. They did not all start there though, and you don’t have to either. I remember when I was looking for an internship during undergrad, I wanted to …
During the summer, graduate students begin their journey with a six-week program called Bootcamp that serves as a crash-course for their time at Newhouse. Here’s what five of this year’s students had to say after becoming Bootcamp survivors. Elliot Williams, Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism Bootcamp was definitely a worthwhile experience because it took …
As a PHD student at Newhouse, time is precious to me. I have hours of reading every week and some of those readings come from sources found in hard copy at the library. Since SU has a large library it can be difficult to find that source quickly and having to spend extra time looking …