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.
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