In her time as a Temple undergraduate, FOX 29 Sports Anchor Breland Moore ( KLN ’14 ) often took center court at Temple’s Liacouras Center, but not as a basketball team member. She appeared in costume as Temple’s beloved mascot, Hooter The Owl.

“I never thought dancing in an owl suit would open so many doors, but it really did, and those are the things that will stick with me forever,” she said in a 2022 interview.

Breland’s talent and outgoing personality were a perfect fit to portray Hooter, the most prominent character on campus. As a Freshman, Breland became the first woman to perform the role. She used that opportunity to create and maintain connections in Sports Journalism. In addition to her double life as Hooter, she was a member of Temple’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, worked with Owl Sports Update, served as the athletic department liaison for the Office of Sustainability, and scored an internship with the Philadelphia Flyers.

After graduating from Temple, Breland launched a vibrant career in sports media, including an Emmy nomination in Rochester, NY, and coverage of back-to-back Super Bowls in Kansas City, MO; Breland returned to Philadelphia as a FOX 29’s sports anchor. This historic move also marked the first time a woman of color has ever occupied the sports anchor chair in Philadelphia, America’s 4^th largest Television market.

Breland credits much of her success to her involvement in many of the diverse and fulfilling opportunities available to students at Temple.

Click here to learn more about Temple’s Klein College of Media and Communication, where you can also become an owl on the air.

What kind of talent and drive does it take for a local reporter to go from covering hometown news to capturing the stories that change our lives on the global stage? Temple Alumnus Joby Warrick, KLN ’82, knows. He made the journey from general assignment reporter to investigative journalist to two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction author. 

Joby Warrick joined The Washington Post’s National staff in 1996. He has served with the Post’s investigative and national security teams and currently writes about the Middle East, terrorism, and weapons proliferation. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including his 2021 book “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America’s Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World.” His second book, “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” was awarded a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His first book, “The Triple Agent,” recounts the 2009 suicide attack by an al-Qaeda informant on a CIA base at Khost, Afghanistan, that killed seven U.S. intelligence operatives. Before joining The Post, Warrick covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe as a UPI correspondent and worked as a reporter at the Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C.

Join us as Warrick shares stories from his latest book, Red Line, and takes us inside a harrowing, little-known mission to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons while keeping them out of the hands of the Islamic State.

Don’t miss this special event, moderated by Dean David Boardman. Wednesday, June 6 at 1:00 and 9:00 pm on TUTV and Templetv.net. You can also watch this event on Comcast Channel 50,  Verizon Channel 45, and Campus Cable 103.