USC Annenberg Events

Digital Leadership Summit for Public Radio Stations

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:46 GMT

The Knight Digital Media Center, in partnership with National Public Radio, is hosting a four-day summit with managers from the top public radio stations, including KPCC, WNYC, WBUR and KQED. The goal is to provide a shared understanding of transformative opportunities and choices for a digital multimedia news platform. Discussion topics will include “best practice” examples of successful initiatives and projects learned from the frontlines of public media news organizations, the expanding landscape of social networking and the impact of audience participation in public media. Speakers include forecaster Paul Saffo, who has researched long-term technological change and its impact on business and society, and Paul Jacobs, a radio marketer specializing in generational marketing, sales development and research. General sessions are by invitation only. For more information, email Sophie Lafferty at slaffert@usc.edu.

Journalism Director's Forum: Tim Page, USC

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:22:45 GMT

Join Journalism School director Geneva Overholser for a discussion on "Exploring a life – Writing a memoir” with Tim Page. Page is a professor in both the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and the Thornton School of Music. Lunch will be served.

Journalism Director’s Forum: Dori Maynard

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:14 GMT

Join Journalism School director Geneva Overholser for a discussion on “Journalism and the fault lines: Reporting across race, class, gender, geography and generation” with Dori Maynard. Maynard is the president and chief executive officer of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. Lunch will be served.

Trojan Transfer Organization’s First Social

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:40:58 GMT

Join the Trojan Transfer Organization for their first social of the semester meeting. The organization is open to all majors. Gather around fellow transfer students, have some delicious refreshments and recommend classes to one another. The evening will be filled with fun activities.

Journalism Director’s Forum: Mike Bonifer, author & co-founder, GameChangers, LLC

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:08:57 GMT

Join Journalism School director Geneva Overholser for a discussion on “Journalism in the networked world." Mike Bonifer, an expert on improvisation in business, shares his observations and strategies for the changing game. Lunch will be served.

The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:51:21 GMT

USC Annenberg’s California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships program is holding a day-long brainstorming event aimed at helping Annenberg leaders launch a new, all-expenses-paid, professional seminar series to educate and encourage dialogue among health professional bloggers and Health 2.0 visionaries. The attendees, who include leading Health 2.0 professionals Matthew Holt of The Health Care Blog and Dr. Val Jones of BetterHealth.com, will discuss the best ways to promote transparency, credibility, accuracy and journalistic principles for the emerging health blogosphere, as well as exposure to larger public health and community health policy issues. This event is by invitation only.

National News21 Workshop

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:39:09 GMT

The Knight Digital Media Center is hosting the national News21 fall workshop at which 12 allied universities will meet to solidify the goals for this year’s News21 programs. Under the larger theme of “A Changing America,” this year’s academic focus will be “Enhancing the Future: Innovation and Collaboration.” Attending will be News21 professors and Web site coordinators from USC, Arizona State, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Harvard, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northwestern, Syracuse and Texas. News21 is part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. This event is by invitation only. For more information, contact Sophie Lafferty at slaffert@usc.edu.

Annenberg Research Seminar, a special presentation by the Annenberg Networks Network: James Fowler, University of California, San Diego

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:04:40 GMT

Join students and faculty for a presentation by James Fowler, associate professor in the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems at CALIT2 and the political science department at the University of California, San Diego. His Topic: “Connected: The surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives.” From Dr. Fowler: “I present intriguing evidence to show that our social networks drive and shape virtually every aspect of our lives. How we feel, whom we marry, whether we fall ill, how much money we make, and whether we vote all depend on what others around us—even those distantly connected to us—are doing, thinking, and feeling. I show that these connections have an ancient evolutionary past, and describe how this will affect our new life as technology moves our networks online.” Lunch will be served.

Annenberg Research Seminar Speaker Series: Joe Saltzman, University of Southern California

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:23:27 GMT

Join students and faculty for a presentation by Joe Saltzman, director of The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC), a project of the Norman Lear Center, and journalism professor at USC Annenberg. His topic: "The image of the gay journalist in popular culture: A brand new field of research for students and faculty alike." There has been virtually no research done on the image of the gay journalist or public relations practitioner in popular culture. For today's lecture, Joe Saltzman will discuss the potential for research in this field, and share his research on the image of the gay journalist in movies and television, fiction, comic books, and other aspects of popular culture. He will also show a 14-minute excerpt from the ground-breaking four-hour-and 42-minute three-disc set, “The Image of the Gay Journalist in Movies and Television, 1929 to 2009." Free copies of the three-disc set as well as the 2009 IJPC Database will be available. Lunch will be served.

USC Neighborhood Debate League Tournament

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:11:41 GMT

The USC Neighborhood Debate League, a joint project sponsored by University Neighborhood Outreach and the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, is gearing up for its second competition of the season hosted at Lincoln High School. Over 180 students from local high schools participated in the first successful tournament debating whether the United States federal government should increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States. If you would like to volunteer your time to judge these incredible students, please contact Teddy Albiniak at albiniak@usc.edu for more information.