BRIELLE SMITH
Brielle Smith is a Spring 2023 Annenberg honors graduate of Howard University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Strategic, Legal,and Management Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. Brielle aims to use her career in communications to advance change by improving the amount of positive representation and visibility of African- Americans in the media. At Howard University, Brielle served as Vice President of the Annenberg Honors Program Student Council, contributed content to Her Campus online magazine, and volunteered as a Howard University student ambassador. Currently, Brielle is conducting research studies analyzing the mental health effects of digital media on minority youth. She has been named a 2021 Patricia Roberts Harris Public Affairs fellow as well as a 2021 CIEE Frederick Douglass Global Fellow where she traveled to Dublin, Ireland as a guest of Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs. Brielle is also a cohort member of the 2022 Howard Entertainment program, sponsored by Amazon Studios, as well as the National Communication Association’s inaugural HBCU PhD Pipeline Program. This year, Brielle was named UNCF Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholar, a distinction given to one male and one female HBCU student per year. In the fall, Brielle will be a graduate fellow at the University of Southern California as a Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising candidate.
Week 2: DC Living
This week we visited Ben’s Chili Bowl, a Black-owned restaurant that’s been present in the city upward for more than 60 years. We also traveled to the White House and were surprised by all the demonstrations we saw. We walked the Washington Mall and saw the Lincoln Memorial. I read Lincoln’s inauguration and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech to myself while there (nerd things). It was great to simply have some American pride and bask in the beauty of the country.
Week Two: A Lot More Rewarding
Washington D.C. has the worst traffic I have ever experienced in my life. I have a lot of frustration with the amount of time it takes to get anywhere, but it’s very cool to live in a new place and experience a new city. This was a hectic week, but I look forward to what’s coming.
Jordan Fisher – June 21, 2019
My experience during the Discover the Unexpected fellowship was everything I hoped it would be, and so much more. There are no words to express the amount of gratitude I have for each individual that I came in contact with during the program. I cannot thank them enough for all that they taught me. They inspired me, motivated me, and gave me unwavering support. During the fellowship, I gained a new perspective on life that superseded the articles I wrote, the beautiful sunburst colored Chevrolet Equinox I got to drive, or even the amazing scholarship I received. None of that meant anything without the people we worked with in the newsroom, the experiences behind the scenes on set, and most of all the people we reported on.
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