For Joy Ofodu, the “Aha!” moment came early during her Bay Area Maymester trip with 16 fellow USC Annenberg journalism and communication students.
She had studied up on the companies that filled their two-week itinerary – Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Pixar and a full roster of top-tier media tech companies. She suited up, as she puts it, “to the nines.” Still, she couldn’t help...
Name: Noah Camarena Major: Print and Digital Journalism Minors: Sports Media Studies and Cinematic Arts Expected graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Lemoore, CA
Why did you choose to attend Annenberg? I knew Annenberg would give me countless opportunities in and out of the classroom. I wanted to learn from the best professors and take classes that really spoke to my interests....
Chelsea Spinos.
Coming to USC as a junior transfer student, I was a bit anxious by the time spring came around. I felt the pressure of landing an amazing summer internship, as everyone around me would constantly talk about how paramount it would be for determining your postgraduate plans. This definitely freaked me out! As a transfer, I only had internship experiences in my hometown...
I still remembered one of the interview questions was, “So which brand’s marketing strategy do you like the most in the digital space?”
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Qinyu (Hailey) Ji.
“I think it should be Nasty Gal, because they really target at what you want and customize the ads to you.
Three days later, I received an email titled as “An Unofficial Yes”....
“Command influence with stories well-told.” This is the mantra of Blaze PR, an agency located in the heart of Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade where I have been working as a public relations intern for the past 5 months. I applied to this internship program during Summer 2016, after I saw a job posting on USC Annenberg Career Link. I was excited to discover that the president of Blaze PR,...
Growing up, the Desert Sun was the one stop shop for all the news in the Coachella Valley. Reading the paper with in the morning with my family became a daily ritual and it is where I grew my love for journalism and reading. Never did I imagine that I would have the opportunity to join the newspaper and see my own name on an A1 cover, but that is precisely what happened this summer....
It was my first day of my internship at BuzzFeed. My blue Prius purred as I came to a stop at the Siren Studios lot, one of BuzzFeed’s offices in LA. I squinted as I looked through my car windshield at someone I thought I recognized. It took me a few seconds to process that I was staring at Keith from the Try Guys, and another few seconds to put together that he was coming into work on that...
M{2e} Media, Economics and Entrepreneurship at Work
Presented by Professor Gabriel Kahn and Professor Christopher Smith
Applications can be found here .
Program Overview: In this unique experiential educational opportunity, students visit a variety of companies and businesses in the Los Angeles media landscape and have the opportunity to engage in small group settings