This past summer Joelle Ferguson led a team of five of her fellow USC Annenberg students on a public relations campaign for Active Minds , a Washington, D.C. based organization supporting mental health awareness. Lawon Exum and his cohort of students worked with Project Angel Food in downtown Los Angeles,...
Isabella Ortiz says that she knew that the “Communication and Technology” course she took in the Spring from Mike Ananny , associate professor of communication and journalism, was a perfect fit for her studies.
Isabella Ortiz. As a...
It is crazy to think that we are less than two short weeks away from the start of the highly anticipated semester. If you are feeling anything like I am, what is about to become our reality is both exciting and a little terrifying.
Over the past two months, I have delved into a few of the many important tips and tricks that I wish I knew as an incoming freshman.
We talked about...
To the Annenberg Class of 2024,
First and foremost, I hope that those of you who live in the greater Los Angeles area are healthy and safe considering the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Since I wrote to you last, USC has shifted gears, to say the least, going from a hybrid learning plan to a predominantly remote Fall semester. So, before I get into any of today’s letter — if you feel...
After her morning shift at the Chick-fil-A near Marina Del Rey, Calif., Kymia Freeman often takes the number 3 bus down Lincoln Boulevard to Venice Boulevard before the 12-minute walk to the apartment she shares with her mother in the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice. This summer, she put that travel time to good use, logging into Zoom from her phone to participate in the...
When Tiffany Wong was writing the story for the Los Angeles Times of how the COVID-19 pandemic had devastated the Kim family, she had to address the bleak facts. Hannah and Joseph Kim, age 22 and 17 respectively, had lost their father and grandmother to the virus, and their mother was clinging to life, in need of a double lung...
To the Annenberg Class of 2024,
Happy July! I hope you celebrated the Fourth in a socially distanced but enjoyable fashion. Can you believe that we have just over a month before we return to school? Or at least, until we get back on Zoom — it’s hard to say at this point. I know the thought of that may make your stomach churn, but all I can say is… baby steps. We will see the other side...
To the Annenberg Class of 2024,
Happy middle of June. I hope this finds you happy, healthy and not too hot if you are experiencing the recent, unusual heatwave here in Los Angeles. For those of you who are new to California, L.A. usually goes through what’s called “June Gloom,” a time where the sky is San Francisco-level overcast and the beach weather is subpar.
With less than...