The Local Media Association, in partnership with Facebook Journalism Project, has launched a pilot project using tools and training from Crosstown to empower smaller and mid-sized newsrooms to access and transform data into high-impact local journalism.
The pilot project will be implemented by WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NOLA/The...
The Digital Promotoras program, designed to help students tell the local stories that matter to them, is a collaboration between USC Annenberg and is partly funded by a grant from the USC Good Neighbors Campaign .
In line with the old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words,” the...
Texas native Toni Hall had long dreamed of working in media. “Growing up, I always wanted to be a meteorologist,” she recalled. “I didn’t want to do anything else: Just tell the weather and work for the Weather Channel.”
After earning her bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Prairie View A&M University, Hall had an opportunity to work in The Weather Channel’s advertising...
The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (AnnLab) is welcoming its third cohort of fellows for the Civic Media Fellowship. These 16 remarkable individuals represent some of the most distinctive media practitioners in the country, hailing from a diverse range of practices,...
The Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg has welcomed 23 journalists from around the nation to its annual National Fellowship this week for five days of intensive training that delves into coverage of health disparities and...
Ever since Amanda Brunak ’20 set foot on the USC campus, she’s made the most out of her time here. A public relations major, Brunak became the director of PR for The Buzz, a student-run TV program, as a sophomore. In Spring 2019, she participated in the Maymester program, visiting top media companies in New York City.
With more than half of Americans listening to podcasts and an estimated $1 billion in annual revenue expected by 2021, USC Annenberg and the Sacks Family Foundation are investing in the future of podcasting. Leveraging this explosive growth, the Luminary Fellowship program hopes to infuse the podcast industry with fresh voices and perspectives.
Cecil Hannibal ’20 has always seen sports in his future. As a kid watching ESPN, especially long-form feature pieces, he thought, “That was something I could do,” he said. “Those stories capture you whether you love sports or not. My grandma would sit and watch those with me, and she doesn’t care who scored 30 points last night.
