Full Name: Michelle Bielas What is your hometown? San Diego, CA What is your favorite thing about your hometown? The consistency of “70 and Sunny” weather
What is your major? Public Relations
What is your minor (if any)? N/A
What is your expected graduation date? May 2016
Why did you choose to attend Annenberg? I was lucky enough to know as a high school...
It was in mid spring of the first year of my master’s program when I received an email announcing Annenberg’s internship and job fair. Among the impressive list of companies was the agency I had always admired: Edelman. At the time I was already set to intern in London over the summer, but I could not shy away from this incredible networking opportunity. When I arrived at the fair, I...
Opportunity. That’s what I saw when I accepted my internship at NBC Nightly News. The opportunity to learn, the opportunity to meet new people in the news industry, the opportunity to make an impact on how news is covered, and most of all the opportunity to grow as a journalist.
When I walked in to the Brokaw News Center for the first day of my internship, I had three goals in...
I was hit in the face my first day of seventh grade softball team practice. I cut my toe on a pool jet in my first week of eighth grade swim team practice and had to go to urgent care. My freshman year of high school, I didn’t even make the frosh-soph volleyball team.
Playing sports was not my thing, but I was always a fan. I jumped at the chance to go to one of my brother’s...
Full Name: Jaide Stepter What is your hometown? Tucson, AZ What is your favorite thing about your hometown? The AZ sunsets! What is your major? Communication
What is your minor (if any)? Animation and Digital Arts What is your expected graduation date? May 2016!!!!!!
Why did you choose to attend Annenberg? I am very interested in getting into the entertainment industry,...
Full Name: Maral Tavitian What is your hometown? La Cañada Flintridge, CA What is your favorite thing about your hometown? I love the peacefulness and sense of community in La Cañada What is your major? Print and Digital Journalism
What is your minor (if any)? Entrepreneurship; Human Rights What is your expected graduation date? May 2017
Why did you choose to attend...
This summer, I spent three months at Facebook as a content strategy intern. I’m a communication major with a double minor in communication design and marketing, but I have roots in tech – I grew up in Palo Alto, and always hoped I’d find my way back there after graduation. I stumbled across the opportunity on the Facebook Careers ...
It took one internship, one summer, and one company to not only change my career goals but my entire perspective on the media industry. Over the last few years, I’ve been fortunate enough to have several news internships and jobs. As I was entering my final undergraduate summer, I knew there was one more company I had to check off my list — CNN. But little did I know, I would meet my...