Journalism is a noble effort to keep the public informed, promote reasoned discourse and foster justice and integrity in our democratic society. Studying journalism at USC Annenberg teaches you the skills – in research, reporting, analysis and technology – you’ll need. And our curriculum provides experience that will help you thrive in the converging media environment. When you complete your USC Annenberg journalism degree, you’ll be ready to report, write and deliver the news across multiple formats, just as today’s media employers and consumers demand.
And you won’t find a better place than USC Annenberg’s nationally accre
dited journalism program to develop those skills. You’ll pursue your education in Los Angeles, an international media capital, where news of regional, national and international impact happens every day and is covered by media organizations representing every region of the world, every technological advance and every point of view. You’ll study with professors and adjunct faculty who have won Pulitzers and Emmys – people who have succeeded in the job you’re working toward and know what it takes to get you there.
Looking for experience? You’ll have the chance to work at on-campus media outlets, including Annenberg TV News, The Daily Trojan, Annenberg Radio News, Impact and Neon Tommy, the "voice of Annenberg Digital News." You will gain essential internship experience, and you’ll have the opportunity to study abroad.
Geneva Overholser (pictured), the award-winning journalist, educator and 
scholar, became the director of the School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism in 2008, and has brought with her an even greater emphasis on multimedia journalism to the school. New world-class faculty such as Henry Jenkins, Andrew Lih and Robert Hernandez followed Overholser to USC Annenberg soon after her arrival. Students learn one-on-one with these and other professors because of the small class sizes.
Great journalism careers start here. That is the USC Annenberg story.
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