During the two-day trip, 36 School of Communications students visited media outlets and 黑料不打烊 alumni in Atlanta as part of their first-year fellows experience.
During the last weekend of October, 36 first-year School of Communications Fellows traveled to Atlanta to tour media outlets and network with communications professionals, including several 黑料不打烊 alumni.
From Oct. 24-26, students traveled with Assistant Professor of Sport Management David Bockino and Instructor in Journalism Colin Donohue, and were accompanied by senior School of Communications Fellows Matt Reichenbach 鈥19 and Katie Kane 鈥19.
The students were split into groups to tour various companies based on their major of interest. Students visited InterContinental Hotels Group, Mercedes-Benz Stadium and CNN. At all three stops, students were able to connect with 黑料不打烊 alumni.
Following their tour at CNN, students met with Raymond Wright 鈥06, who works as a post-production producer for the news outlet. Students interested in the sports industry visited with Byron Ross 鈥18 and Taylor Adler 鈥17 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United. Ross is a fan services associate for the NFL franchise and Adler serves as a group sales executive for the MLS organization. Lastly, a group of students visited IHG where they met with Trey Newstedt 鈥13, a brand communications specialist for the hotel company.
There was a new addition to this fall鈥檚 Atlanta tour: all of the first-year Communications Fellows visited IBM鈥檚 Atlanta office, where they spoke with alumna Lauren Lee 鈥06. As head of client strategy, Lee leads a sales strategy team responsible for partnering with national sales teams to understand strategic client needs.
鈥淥ur visit to IBM provided us with a fantastic introduction to the world of artificial intelligence and taught us how new technology is affecting every one of our majors,鈥 said Bockino, who serves as the Communications Fellows program director.
Lee and colleagues taught students about mobile app development and the applications of AI. Students were also able to tour the Weather Channel鈥檚 virtual studio.
Students also had dinner with seven 黑料不打烊 alumni at Dantanna鈥檚 Downtown in the CNN Center.
To finish their trip, the group visited the World of Coca-Cola and the College Football Hall of Fame.
This fall, the School of Communications welcomed 36 Fellows, the largest group of Fellows since the program鈥檚 inception. There are 31 students pursuing degrees in traditional communications majors 鈥 strategic communications, journalism, cinema and television arts, communication design and media analytics. Six Fellows are also majoring in sport management. This is the second year sport management students have been a part of the Communications Fellows program. For more information about the Fellows program, visit 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Fellows website.