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...
Throughout his 14-year career at CNN , correspondent Nick Valencia has seen more than his share of bad days. The devastation of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the anguish of the Mother Emmanuel church shooting in Charleston, the unrest in Atlanta after the killing of George Floyd by police...
Ashley Williams is on her fourth Zoom call of the day pitching her digital content-creation platform, RIZZARR, to potential investors. “Every company has become a media company in some way, but brands struggle to create content that resonates with younger generations,” she says to two investors from a Midwest venture capital firm that focuses on online marketplaces and software as a service...
Miki Turner remembers exactly where she was when she received an email from Reagan Griffin, Jr.: L.A.’s Citadel Outlets.
“I stopped to read Reagan’s email on my phone and there was a picture of him holding his USC acceptance letter,” said Turner, professor of professional practice of journalism. “I literally...
Sitting at her 25-inch iMac computer in her home office in South Pasadena, Kamala Kirk enjoyed an iceberg wedge salad coupled with smoked sausage, BBQ brick chicken and a sweet tea. The meal came compliments of SeneGence, whose newest skincare launch Kirk was attending online that same day. Prior to the virtual event, the brand also sent ahead beauty products, allowing the 40 editors and...
