Millennials are projected to be riddled with substantially more student debt compared to their parents. The price of attaining higher education seems to go up every year. However, the investment into one’s education will pay off in the long run, especially as the job market gets more competitive. The economic payoff of attaining an advanced …
In late September as part of a class field trip, my classmates and I took a bus from Syracuse to Brooklyn for of all things, a gaming tournament. Now many of you may be thinking “what’s a distinguished communications school like Newhouse have to do with gaming?” Well, Newhouse has a class called Esports and …
If you play your own game, you’ll never lose. This was the crux of Mark Miller’s lecture last Thursday in the second installment of the year’s Eric Mower lecture series. Divulging stories that were featured (and a few that were purposefully left out) of his new book Legacy in the Making (co-written by Lucas Conley), …
“We were frustrated with how Hollywood was making romantic comedies. We wanted to show that those type of movies are better when they come from a real place.” This is the inspiration behind Michael H. Weber, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and Syracuse University alumnus. Weber (’00) and his writing partner Scott Neustadter are behind some of …
On a hot and sunny Saturday afternoon in the middle of June, I arrived at my new apartment in Syracuse. I couldn’t have been more excited to finally move away from my home in Massachusetts and start a new chapter as a graduate student at the Newhouse School. As I got out of my car …
I have now spent 13 months as a Newhouse graduate and wow, I cannot believe I have made it this far. When I initially got accepted into the program I didn’t know how I was going to pay for it. The next day, I received my financial aid decision, learning that I wouldn’t have to …
During the tedious, exhausting job hunt that many recent graduates are familiar with, the sound of “informational interview” may as well be nails on a chalkboard. When you’re putting so much time into finding the next step in your career ladder, the idea of taking time out of your day simply for “information” doesn’t feel …
Fifteen of us from Newhouse have successfully moved to Washington, D.C. and completed our first week as correspondents for our respective stations. We paid for our living quarters and tuition, but we went in not fully knowing what to expect. We started out extremely excited to be here, already knowing our stations from all over …
Well, six weeks are up at Syracuse University and Newhouse. We endured six weeks of news packages, live hits, live VO/SOTs, and even some in-studio interviews. We went through crazy weather reports when we had no idea what we were talking about, pushed through cameras just about running us over and cameras shutting off as …