USC has sent more athletes to the Olympic Games than any other U.S. university, and USC Annenberg is part of that proud tradition. This year, 13 USC Annenberg current students and alumni are among the 66 Trojans competing in Tokyo. Of course, USC Annenberg alumni have another Olympic tradition: reporting on the games as journalists.
Two graduates, Brad Luck and Fernando Hurtado, are...
The first skateboard that Amelia Brodka ever rode actually wasn’t hers. “My brother got one from my parents right after we moved to America from Poland when I was 8 years old — and he actually didn’t want me to use it,” said Brodka, who graduated in 2012 with a dual degree in communication from USC Annenberg and...
There’s a lot you can learn about Brianna Seaberg from the video resume she uploaded to TikTok, the social media video sharing app. She is a communication major at USC Annenberg who is also minoring in cinematic arts at USC Cinema ; she has procured a slew of internships;...
Tommy Derken, a USC Annenberg alumnus who graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in communication, spent the past year as a “hotdogger” driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile around the country — spreading “miles of smiles.” In this short video, Tommy shares how his experience at USC connecting communication, entertainment and film — working in the media center, shooting video for USC...
Ever since he was in the seventh grade, Fernando Esquivel knew where he wanted to go to college: USC Annenberg.
“I always had an interest in television and entertainment news,” he said. “It might have been a little farfetched, but I always imagined that as a career path for me. I started doing research into great journalism schools and discovered Annenberg. When I saw pictures of USC,...
A self-described “huge extrovert,” Meilin Fields had a lot going on growing up. She played four instruments, sang in multiple choirs, started dancing at age 3 and danced ballet for more than 13 years, adding in tap, jazz and hip-hop along the way. She also golfs and was editor of her all-girl Catholic high school’s literary magazine. This zest for exploration was what motivated Fields to apply...
Olsen Ebright of KTLA-TV had a bit of a surprise the first time he spoke with the Spring 2021 “Expanding the Reach of Local TV News” class from USC Annenberg.
The station’s assistant news director for digital knew that the class was going to be working with the TV station on developing strategies for audience engagement, and that social...
Over four days, PhD students from both schools workshopped their research on diversity and representation in media and culture.
Archives are often viewed as unbiased historical records, but as doctoral student Kinjal Dave points out, we need to think about who compiled that archive and why. Dave is currently working to unpack the racism and exploitation often embedded in data...
