Alumna Megan Mathis (BA, communication, ’07) shares her path to founding the nonprofit RiseUp Malawi after visiting the country to scout a music festival. She fell in love with the people and has spent the past seven years applying the skills learned at USC Annenberg, along with her love of music, to provide after-school, music and farming programs to...
On Aug. 8, USC Annenberg alumna Rachel Scott reached a career milestone that only a select few journalists ever attain: For the first time as an official White House correspondent, she asked a direct question of the president of the United States.
Rachel Scott. Photo courtesy of Rachel Scott At an impromptu press conference at...
At the Aug. 26 virtual Lunch with a Leader event, Elizabeth Luke of Pinterest shared her thoughts on how to keep one’s career fresh and exciting. “Always be interviewing so that you know your own value,” she told an audience of nearly 100 USC Annenberg students and recent alumni via Zoom. “Once I don't feel valued anymore, I just move on to the next opportunity and learn something new.”...
Before working towards his master’s of science in journalism degree, current student Phil Rosen took a unique approach to journalism graduate school by first traveling throughout Asia and honing his writing skills.
The Markup Data Reporter Emmanuel Martinez, shares his career journey and advice with USC Annenberg students as part of a conversation with Dean Willow Bay . Having earned his master’s degree in journalism from USC Annenberg in 2014, Martinez received the 2019 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting and was named...
Google’s Head of Media, Industry and Entertainment, Angie Barrick, shares her career journey and advice with USC Annenberg students as part of a conversation with Dean Willow Bay . Barrick earned her master's degree in communication management from USC Annenberg in 2005.
Facebook's Director of Consumer Communications, Sona Iliffe-Moon, shares her career journey and advice with USC Annenberg students as part of a conversation with Dean Willow Bay . Iliffe-Moon earned her master's degree in strategic public relations from USC Annenberg in 2005.
It was early July and Fiona Pestana was living in one of the large two-story houses near the University Park campus with nine other roommates. Sitting on her porch, coffee by her side, Pestana logged into a Zoom session where the Spotify trailer for the How to Save a Planet podcast was being recorded. She, along with the...
