Class of 2020 Commencement events to be held Sept. 17-19
Syracuse University will host a Commencement ceremony—delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic—and other celebratory events for the Class of 2020 during the weekend of Sept. 17–19.
Commencement will be held Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. at the Stadium. This University-wide ceremony, where Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud will formally confer degrees, is for all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral candidates. Doors open at 8 a.m.
Following Commencement, all 2020 Newhouse graduates and their families are invited to join Dean Mark J. Lodato and the faculty and staff for a celebratory reception. The event will include a dean’s welcome, recognition of participating graduates and an opportunity to reconnect with faculty. A precise time and location will be announced soon; stay tuned for details.
For more information about Commencement activities for the Class of 2020, see the event listing.
On Set! On Set!
My name is Krystal Zhang. I am participating in the Newhouse LA program and doing the internship at The Asylum. This past week, I worked on a film shoot for the company and I was very excited about it. I worked as a production assistant there, and this is my first time participating in a feature film shoot.
I was very lucky to have taken Professor Murias’ The Art of the Producing class before I went to set, which helped me a lot. Professor Murias is one of the best professors I’ve ever had. She taught us the glossary of production terms, on set conduct and how to communicate with a Walkie-Talkie. When I actually got on set, I realized how important and helpful it was to know this in advance. When hearing some words that are only used on set, I knew what they meant, and I also knew how to communicate on the Walkie- Talkie. With this knowledge as a background, I didn’t feel terrified about going on set. I helped the costume designer to steam clothes and set up the lunch table at the first day. I also helped with the art department and did the 2nd camera assistant job to do the mark.
I think PA is like a brick that moves wherever it is needed. I think it was a lot of fun to be on set, and I really enjoyed being there. But, it was really exhausting! I fall asleep right after I get home every day. Definitely a lot of fun tho!!!
Krystal Zhang is a sophomore in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Gawrysiak to Oversee Esports Initiatives
Joey Gawrysiak has been named executive director of the University’s new esports communications and management degree program. Gawrysiak developed one of the first esports degrees in the country at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, where he is now a professor and director of esports. At Syracuse, he will provide visionary leadership for the University’s esports initiatives, with oversight of all esports academic programming and an esports living learning community. His appointment is effective Aug. 21.
“Joey has the knowledge, the vision and the entrepreneurial approach needed to successfully launch the University’s robust esports degree program,” says Chancellor Kent Syverud. “I am thrilled to have one of the pioneers in academic esports programming leading our efforts. I look forward to welcoming him to the Orange community.”
Says Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter, “As we invest in and grow the University’s sport-related academic disciplines and leverage this key area of distinction, Joey’s guidance and leadership will be crucial to our success. I look forward to working with him and the Falk and Newhouse deans to launch the new esports degree and expand our esports infrastructure.”
A Look at New Faculty Members Joining Newhouse
Meet four new faculty members arriving at the Newhouse School this year. They join the seven other new faculty announced in May.
Visual Communications
AJ Chavar
Teaching Fellow in Immersive Journalism
An award-winning visual journalist, Chavar joined Newhouse over the summer. He will teach classes in photojournalism, documentary photography and immersive and spatial storytelling, as well as expand his creative research in journalism in a mixed reality space. He would like to use the fellowship to bolster his technical software skills in design and 3D creation and gain knowledge about design systems and theory.
Chavar has more than a decade of experience in major U.S. and international newsrooms. Beyond his extensive history reporting from the field, he has run teams as a producer at The New York Times, The Washington Post and Vox.com and helped craft global news visual strategies at Apple.
In his current role as a production technologist and creative strategist with The New York Times Research and Development lab, Chavar helped create new workflows for 3D storytelling capture. He also oversees the public presentation of their research and output and contributes real-world insight into how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and computer vision could be used in the service of journalism.
His work has been noted with recognitions such as the Carnegie-Knight News21 fellowship, documenting the lasting effects of war on veterans and families at home in rural America. He received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his work reporting on the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords while working as a field video journalist for The Washington Post. Chavar has also received several Emmy Awards for local journalism projects and earned several White House News Photographer “Eyes of History” awards. Chavar studied photography as an undergraduate at the Newhouse School.
Michael O. Snyder
Assistant Professor
Snyder will teach classes in photojournalism, documentary photography, filmmaking and visual storytelling. His extensive professional experience includes running his own production company, Interdependent Pictures, for which he has directed films in the Arctic, the Amazon, the Himalayas and East Africa. His films have been selected to show at over 60 festivals, have taken home numerous awards and have been sponsored by companies such as Sony and GoPro. They have been distributed by outlets such as New Day Films and Films for Change. His photojournalism work has been featured by media outlets such as National Geographic, The Guardian and The Washington Post, and has been shown at exhibitions and galleries around the world.
Snyder’s work as a documentary photographer and filmmaker explores the dynamic relationship between environmental and cultural change. As an environmental and climate scientist by training, Snyder uses his combined knowledge of visual storytelling and conservation to create narratives that drive social impact.
His work has been recognized through multiple grants and awards including the Portrait of Humanity Award, as a Pulitzer Grantee, a National Geographic Young Explorer Grant and a Climate Journalism Fellow at the Bertha Foundation. He is an active member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. Snyder received a master of science degree in environmental sustainability from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and bachelor’s degree in geology from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
Broadcast and Digital Journalism
Jamie Hoskins G’13
Professor of Practice
Hoskins will teach classes in broadcast and digital news reporting, management and production. Prior to joining Syracuse University, Hoskins was an executive producer at WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C. She previously worked as an executive producer at WIVB-TV in Buffalo and as a producer at WABC-TV in New York City. Hoskins is an Emmy Award-winning executive producer with more than a decade of experience writing, editing and producing content for TV and digital platforms. She is an alumnus of the broadcast and digital journalism master’s program and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University at Albany.
Magazine, News and Digital Journalism
Lauren Bavis
Faculty Fellow
Bavis will teach classes in news writing, reporting and multimedia projects. Before coming to Newhouse, Bavis was digital managing editor at WFYI, the public media station of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Side Effects Public Media, a Midwest health reporting collaboration. Bavis was previously an investigative reporter for Side Effects, where she co-created and co-hosted the podcast “Sick,” a nationally distributed investigative series about what goes wrong in the places meant to keep us healthy. She is working on a book based on her reporting. Her work has been recognized by the Public Media Journalists Association, the Hoosier State Press Association and the Indiana Associated Press Media Editors. Bavis and her team at Side Effects were named Indiana’s “Journalists of the Year” in 2019. She started her journalism career as a health reporter for The Bloomington (Indiana) Herald-Times. She earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Towson University.
Newhouse Faculty, Students to Participate in 2023 AEJMC Conference
Several Newhouse School faculty members and students will participate in the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Aug. 6-10, at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Their involvement includes paper presentations, panel appearances and roles as panel moderators and/or paper session discussants.
Note: This is a working list; for the most updated information, including time and event locations, visit the AEJMC conference website.
Sunday, August 6
Teaching Ideas Competition Presentations and Michael Hoefges Graduate Student Research Fund Presentations
Kyla Garrett-Wagner (moderator)
Law and Policy Teaching Ideas Competition, Second Place for: “Transform This!”
Nina Brown (presenter)
Monday, August 7
Taming the Shrew: How Freedom of Expression Subjugates Women
Kyla Garrett-Wagner
Whom Do You Want to Be Friends With An Extroverted or an Introverted Avatar? Impacts of the Uncanny Valley Effect and Conversational Cues
Heejae Lee, Shengjie Yao and Makana Chock
Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication Workshop
Online Incivility and News Framing
Brad Gorham (discussant)
Symbolic Power on the Line: US News Coverage of Brittney Griner’s Detainment
Kandice Green and Carol Liebler
Ethical Issues for a Digital Age
Greg Munno (discussant)
Sippin’ on Some Sizzurp: A Qualitative Framing Analysis of National Opioid Abuse Coverage in Nigerian Newspapers
Installing Updates: Reconciling Research on VR and Immersive Media Over Time
Nick Bowman (panelist)
The Gig Economy: How Freelancing Has Become the New Norm and How We Can Teach It
Rawiya Kameir (panelist)
Legal and Ethical Implications of AI and Education (and they’re not all bad)
Kyla Garrett-Wagner (panelist)
News Coverages of Sports, Pollution and Environmental Risk
Greg Munno (discussant)
Community Activists as Agents in the Journalistic Field: An Exploration of Community Organizing in the Online Comment Sections of Local Newspaper Facebook Pages
High-Density Refereed Research Paper Session
Roy Gutterman (moderator)
Making DEIB More than Checking a Box: The Landscape of New Administrative Initiatives
Rockell Brown Burton (panelist)
Tuesday, August 8
We’re All in This Together: Self-Transcendent Social Media and the Eudaimonic Media Experience
David Peters and Carol Liebler
Too Many Cases, Too Little Support: How the Debate Over What Instructors Teach in Media Law Courses is a Symptom of Institutional Changes in Mass Communication Education
Kyla Garrett-Wagner
Use of an Interactive Care Coordination Assistant (ICCA) for Diabetes Management
Moon Lee, Jeongwon Yang, Shengjie Yao, Heejae Lee, Nalae Hong and Xi Liu
I Am Not My Hair (CROWN): The Critical Agenda Setting Role of Celebrities and Influencers in the Movement to End Natural Hair Discrimination
Coping with Negative Moods Using Mobile Media Among Young Adults
The Value of Entertainment Scholarship for Theory and Research
Nick Bowman (moderator) and Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay (panelist)
Promoting Coaches on Instagram: A Content Analysis of Posts Featuring NCAA Division I Coaches of Women’s Sports
Examining the Role of News-Finds-Me Perceptions in Vulnerability to Fake News Through Third-Person Perception
Yu Tian and Lars Willnat
Norms, Routines and Boundaries of Data Journalism in US Public Radio Newsrooms
Stan Jastrzebski, Keren Henderson, Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley and Kevin Crowston
Open Science in Communication Research
Nick Bowman (panelist)
Conducting International Research: Experiences from African and Latin American PhD Students and Professors
Raiana Soraia De Carvalho (moderator) and Benjamin Tetteh (panelist)
Black Culture, White Audiences: How Magazines Transmit Ideas
Aileen Gallagher and Qi Ni (panelists)
Taking the Next Step: Strategies for Advancing Your Academic Career Post-Tenure
Makana Chock (panelist)
Innovations in Teaching Competition
Milton Santiago (recipient)
Wednesday, August 9
CPRE Editorial Meeting
Maria Russell (moderator)
From Celebrity Politics to Political Fandom: An Exploration of Political Engagement during Brazil’s Presidential Election
Raiana Soraia De Carvalho
Teaching Small-Group Facilitation Skills to Journalism Students
Greg Munno
Challenging AI in the PR classroom
Top Teaching Papers and GIFTS
Regina Luttrell (respondent)
A Critical Evaluation of AI’s Detection and Attribution Capabilities Using the Theory of Content Consistency
Jason Davis, Regina Luttrell, Phoebe Smith and Nalae Hong
Media During Polarized Times
Raiana Soraia De Carvalho (moderator)
Dobbs Makes for Strange Bedfellows: How the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Threatens, but Binds Free Speech and Health Communication
Kyla Garrett-Wagner (moderator) and Rebecca Ortiz (panelist)
The Assumptions, Ethical Implications and Unobserved Effects of PR Research
Erika Schneider (moderator)
Does Eye Contact Matter: Emotional Responses to Candidate’s Direct and Indirect Address in Political Advertisements
Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley
Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship, Law and Policy and Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Divisions
Tully Center for Free Speech (sponsor)
Thursday, August 10
How Much is Too Much?: Examining Self-Disclosure in Social Media Influencers
Rose Verchot, Bryce Whitwam and Tiara Johnson
The following awards will be formally presented on Thursday:
First Place in Website Category (individual / team / single class): Syracuse Salt City Harvest Farm
Renée Stevens (faculty advisor)
Second Place in Website Category (individual / team / single class): The 5 O’Clock Project
Adam Peruta (faculty advisor)
Third Place in Website Category (individual / team / single class): Orange Television Network Website
Haytham Saqr (recipient), Madelyn Geyer (recipient), Julianna Poirier (recipient) and Adam Peruta (faculty advisor)
First Place in APP Category (individual / team / single class): Say Yes to Less
Adam Peruta (faculty advisor) and Renée Stevens (faculty advisor)
First Place in Website Category (multiple class / institution): Infodemic
Seth Gitner (recipient), Jon Glass (recipient), Greg Munno (faculty advisor), Shelvia Dancy (faculty advisor), Milton Santiago (faculty advisor) and Adam Peruta (faculty advisor)
The Art of Producing
Hey y’all! I’m Brett Wilk, a rising senior studying television, radio and film. This summer in LA has been absolutely amazing so far, but one thing that has stood out is the Art of Producing class with Professor Cecile Murias. I’ve never thought too much about the producing side of TV/Film, or figured I’d be interested in pursuing it for a career. However, this class has shown me how essential producing truly is. Without it, you could have the best director and best actors, and still have a bad movie. The class not only goes into detail on what it takes to be a good producer, but how to be a fully functioning member of the entertainment industry. This is combined with weekly in-class interviews with industry professionals where we have a chance to get the inside scoop on the day-to-day of their jobs. It’s been a blast so far and I can’t wait to see what comes next!
Brett Wilk is a senior in the television, radio and film program at the Newhouse School.
New Newhouse Summit Focuses on Bridging Academia with Industry by Examining Future of AI
The Newhouse School is launching a new conference dedicated to discussing and exchanging ideas about trends and developments in media and communications.
The inaugural Newhouse Summit, which will take place July 27-28 at the school, will feature more than a dozen presentations and discussions about topics related to artificial intelligence. Professors, scholars and industry professionals from the United States and Canada will join Newhouse faculty and researchers at this week’s gathering, titled “Provoking and Prognosticating on Generative AI Futures.”
The event will provide a platform to discuss the emerging field of generative AI and implications both in the classroom and the profession, and explore the connections between academia, industry and the practical applications of AI.
“Newhouse is committed to leading the conversation and research into the intersection of AI and communications,” Dean Mark J. Lodato said. “It’s equally important that we encourage our students to use artificial intelligence responsibly as we help prepare them to adapt to such emerging technologies in the workplace.”
The idea for the summit stems from a recommendation by faculty during a listening session in spring 2023 led by Regina Luttrell, associate dean of research and creative activity. The goal was to understand and explore ways in which Newhouse can harness AI technologies to enhance teaching, research, creative activities and the overall learning experience for students.
“We hope that the Newhouse Summit fosters learning and community collaborations that will live long past the event,” Luttrell said.
Newhouse LA Student Spotlight – Amanda O’Donnell
As a rising senior and someone planning to move to Los Angeles post-grad, being in LA with Newhouse this summer has given me the opportunity to solidify my confidence in my plans to move out west and “soft-launch” my life as an LA resident, all while still being guided by Syracuse and Newhouse. It’s been amazing to experience LA with the people in the program and see all the sights LA has to offer, all while having the opportunity to work professionally in the entertainment business. My internships with Escape Artists Entertainment and Artists Road have been amazing, incredibly fulfilling and have provided me with an invaluable experience I wouldn’t be able to get anywhere but LA. Having classes taught by working Hollywood professionals has given me insight and provided connections into the industry that have been incredibly enlightening and helpful for not only my education, but my future career. So excited for the rest of the summer!!!
Amanda O’Donnell is a senior in the television, radio and film program at the Newhouse School.
Scripps Howard Leadership Academy Returns, Debuts at Newhouse
The prestigious immersion program funded by the Scripps Howard Fund is designed for aspiring leaders of journalism and mass communications schools.
A prestigious immersion program funded by the Scripps Howard Fund for aspiring leaders of journalism and mass communications schools has returned after a several-year hiatus through a new partnership with the Newhouse School.
Attendees arrived Monday at the Syracuse University campus for the first day of the Scripps Howard Leadership Academy at Newhouse. The 2023 cohort includes associate deans, department chairs, faculty members and scholars interested in learning about the challenges and rewards of leading an academic institution.
The theme of the 2023 academy is “Innovating in Transformative Times.” The three-day gathering will focus on the challenges facing journalism and mass communications schools and the industry, as changing demands test the relevancy of programs today.
Key topics to be addressed include:
- Fundraising and budgeting
- Faculty relations
- Academic affairs and institutional leaders
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) practices and connecting academia to industry
The Academy was previously held at Louisiana State University. It’s back in 2023, with the program held for the first time at Syracuse, thanks to a generous gift from the Scripps Howard Fund. Fund president and CEO Liz Carter and director of journalism strategies Mike Canan will take part in the program at Newhouse.
“We’re grateful for their partnership, and we hope this will be the start of a long and successful collaboration,” said Newhouse Dean Mark J. Lodato, who attended the academy about a decade ago when it was housed at LSU.
“The Scripps Howard Leadership Academy played an important role in my own leadership development,” Lodato said. “I welcome this opportunity to share this transformative experience at its new home at Syracuse with a new cohort of talented and driven leaders in journalism and communications education.”
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2023 Cohort
- Kortni Alston, Chair, Department of Communications, Art and Design, Gardner-Webb University
- Jesús Ayala, Broadcast Journalism Professor, California State University, Long Beach
- Ben Bogardus,Interim Associate Dean and Tenured Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Communications, Quinnipiac University
- Jan Lauren Boyles, Associate Director and Associate Professor, Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
- Benjamin A. Davis, Chair of the Department of Multimedia Journalism, Morgan State University
- Nathaniel Frederick II,Associate Professor of Mass Communication and African American Studies, Winthrop University
- Robert (Ted) Gutsche, Jr., Associate Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University; Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Informatics, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
- Karla Kennedy,College of Communication, Architecture and the Arts (CARTA) Director of Online Programs and Assistant Director, Scholastic Journalism for the Lee Caplin School of Journalism and Media, Florida International University
- Ammina Kothari, Professor of Journalism and Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island
- Christopher McCollough, Department Head of Communication, Jacksonville State University
- Logan Molyneux, Associate Professor and Chair, Journalism Department, Temple University
- Nathian Shae Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Digital Media and the Associate Director of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, San Diego State University
- Ava Sirrah, Senior Global Manager, Boston Consulting Group
- Charles Strouse, Assistant Director of the Lee Caplin School of Journalism and Media and Digital Director of Caplin News, Florida International University
- Yong Volz, Roger Gafke Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Chair of the Journalism Studies Faculty, Missouri School of Journalism
- Gi Yun, Vail M. Pittman Associate Dean and Professor, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno
Learn more about the attendees.
Speakers and moderators
- Mark J. Lodato, Dean, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Liz Carter, CEO, Scripps Howard Foundation
- Brad Horn, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Hub Brown, Dean, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
- Mark Lukasiewicz, Dean, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, Hofstra University
- Bey-Ling Sha, Dean, College of Communications at California State University, Fullerton
- David Kurpius, Dean, Missouri School of Journalism
- Mike Canan, Director of Journalism Program, Scripps Howard Fund
- Gretchen Ritter, Provost, Syracuse University
- Peter Bhatia, Chief Executive Officer of Houston Landing, former Executive Editor of the Detroit Free Press and AECJMC accreditor
- Joel Kaplan, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Keonte Coleman, Director of Assessment, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Marcelle Haddix, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Syracuse University
- Hua Jiang, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Ali Jackson Jolley, Assistant Managing Editor at Forbes
- Ariana Finlayson, Global Head of Community, Global Business Marketing at Meta and former Newhouse NYC adjunct professor
- Cheryll Forsatz, Vice President Corporate Communications & Public Relations at Ferrero USA
- Rockell Brown Burton, Associate Dean for IDEA, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Brett Padgett, CFO, Syracuse University
- Kimberly Hopely, Rutgers University and President of the Rutgers Foundation
- Carol Satchwell, Assistant Dean for Advancement, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
- Stuart Maddocks, Director, Clemorton Consultancy, Calibrate Learning and Calibrate Technology
Learn more about the sessions and presenters.
Ideas, Campaigns and Pitches: Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Intern at Top-tier Ad Agencies
This summer, three of the Newhouse School’s award-winning creative advertising students—two of them 2023 graduates—are interning at top-tier advertising agencies. Whether developing campaign ideas from scratch, creating mockups of project ideas or editing creative pitches, these talented students display and strengthen their skills while gaining experience and learning in high-profile workplaces alongside the industry’s top advertisers, creatives, marketers and more. Learn about the students below:
Avery Schildhaus ’24
Interning for: Ogilvy New York
The company: Ogilvy is a New York City-based advertising, marketing and public relations agency founded in 1948, and now has 132 locations in 83 countries. In 2023, the World Advertising Research Center named them the most creative agency network in the world for the third consecutive year.
Job title: Copywriter Intern
Day-to-day duties: Like most creative work, we spend a lot of time thinking of how to tell a great story through a good idea. You get tasked with the work they have on hand—for me, I’m on the Nationwide and Cartier accounts—and so you’re given a brief that outlines what the client wants, who we should be targeting and so on. So it’s my role to either come up with campaign ideas from scratch, or brainstorm a certain channel that could use some creative ideas. It’s very hands-on, which is great. I feel like I’ve been really well-prepped for all that’s come my way from everything that I’ve been assigned in my Newhouse classes. But now I get to see these things actually come to life in the real world!
What she hopes to accomplish at the internship: Ever since entering the advertising world, my main goal has been to gain experience from every single part of the industry, no matter how much I love being a creative. It’s so important to consider many different perspectives, especially in such a subjective field, and that means learning the ins and outs of what an agency looks like, both creatively, strategically, top-down and bottom-up. I’ve gotten a good sense of this from my classwork, too. I think everyone has those moments of, “Why am I taking this research class when I’m planning on doing graphic design?” or vice-versa, but it all has a purpose once you hit the real world: you’re trying to expand your tool belt as much as possible. So my number one priority is always to just learn from everyone, no matter what their title is. Everyone has something awesome to offer that helps me moving forward, for both my career and my personal growth.
Ryan Garret Conner ’23
Interning for: Cartwright
The company: Founded in 2020 by Keith Cartwright, an alumnus of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, Cartwright is a new model marketing agency that navigates and guides brands to “build authentic connections with their consumers.” This year, the Venice, California-based company was named a standout agency on Ad Age’s 2023 Agency A-List.
Job title: Art Director Intern
Day-to-day duties: It’s a whole lot of concepting and a whole lot of Photoshop. When I get asked to help on a client project, it’s pretty hands-on — I have to be prepared to come up with ideas to throw in the deck and make mockups of those ideas so they’re pitch presentation ready. As an art director intern, I’ve had to do a lot of internal pitching as well. I’ve also helped here and there with updating Cartwright’s own branding, decks and social pages. It’s kind of a jack-of-all-trades position.
What sets this internship apart for him: Something that was pretty unique to this internship program was the fact that it was Cartwright’s first internship program ever. It’s an awesome opportunity, because it means that the other interns and I essentially get to pave the way for what being an intern at Cartwright means — and there’s not a whole lot of limitations. If there’s a project we’re interested in hopping on, we hop on it. If we come up with a dope idea, we get to explore it. Getting to be part of a new program really means we get to shape it how we want, and it’s been a fantastic experience with a wide variety of projects to work on. I’d also like to think that being part of the first intern class means we hold a special place in the people at Cartwright’s heart, which is great, too.
Jasmine Chin ’23
Interning for: TBWA\Chiat\Day NY
The company: TBWA\Chiat\Day is a prestigious advertising agency known for the famous Apple “1984” commercial, the Apple “Think Different” campaign and many more of Apple’s campaigns. Chiat/Day merged with TBWA in 1995.
Job title: Creative Resident (Copywriter) in the Young Bloods Residency Program. The program nurtures fresh perspectives in advertising, and serve as an incubator for diverse talent in the creative industry.
Day-to-day duties: I shadow internal creative meetings, write lines for existing campaigns, mock up social posts for clients, create storyboards for clients, create decks and edit creative pitches.
Her favorite part of the internship: I really love being able to work with a diverse team of creatives every day. It adds a lot more cultural perspective to the work we create and it’s nice to be able to bounce off people who have a lot of different experiences and perspectives.
Luttrell Named Fellow for AEJMC Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication
Regina Luttrell, Newhouse associate dean of research and creative activity, has been named a Jennifer McGill Fellow of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s (AEJMC) Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication.
Luttrell is one of eight AEJMC members selected to the 2023-24 class of fellows for the institute (IDL), which is dedicated to increasing the diversity of chairs, deans, directors and endowed chairs in journalism and communication education.
The AEJMC announcement recognized Luttrell’s track record of supporting cross-departmental and interdisciplinary collaboration, leading complex research projects and advocating for faculty.
“Alongside her administrative duties, she actively contributes to her scholarly field through extensive authorship, publishing and conference participation,” AEJMC said.
IDL fellows participate in institute activities while working on their home campuses. The institute’s curriculum involves four in-person group sessions, two of which are workshops during AEJMC conferences. The 2023-24 class will convene for the first time on Aug. 7 during the AEJMC conference in Washington.
IDL also matches each fellow with an administrative mentor. Interactions consist of monthly contact via telephone or email, and a weeklong trip by the fellow to the mentor’s campus to shadow the mentor’s work and activities.
The institute is co-sponsored by AEJMC and the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.