Arianne Edmonds is a 5th generation Angeleno and founder of the J.L. Edmonds Project, an initiative dedicated to preserving the legacy of The Liberator newspaper, one of Los Angeles’ earliest newspapers, and Black Angeleno history and culture.
As one of the recipients of the 2020–’21 Annenberg Innovation Lab Civic Media Fellowship, Edmonds has been able to “find her tribe.” The...
As the world marks International Women’s Day, for women in the music industry, a new study reveals that for women in music, there is little to celebrate when it comes to industry change.
The fourth annual iteration of the “ Inclusion in the Recording Studio? ” report was conducted by...
How language evolves to make meaning in an ever-changing world.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me. A well-known childhood taunt hurled back at a schoolyard bully. The intent: Words cause no harm. The reality: The lesson doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Whether words are deliberately thrown or carelessly dropped, they do have the power to injure. But they...
The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in collaboration with Netflix released its newest study today, a first-of-its-kind look at inclusion across Netflix scripted series and films. The Initiative analyzed Netflix’s U.S. original live-action films...
The movement for racial justice resonates throughout the country and the USC Annenberg Community.
It wasn’t so much the sign itself that caught Rachel Scott’s eye, but the boy who was holding it.
The throng of protesters in Lafayette Park outside the White House on the evening of June 7 bristled with...
This story was originally published on Crosstown and is republished here with permission.
Last year, 1,383 people experiencing homelessness died in Los Angeles County.
On the first day of 2020, the unresponsive body of Corinna Ortega, a Latina woman, was discovered by a friend in a tent in...
The world of sports communication and journalism responds to COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
In March 2020, Cooper Goldie was certain that The Players’ Tribune was faced with the biggest sports story in generations: the shutdown of nearly all organized sports under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the abrupt...
Lindsay Young , assistant professor of communication, came to USC Annenberg last year, but she’s not new to Southern California. After earning her PhD from Northwestern University in 2014, she conducted her postdoctoral research while affiliated with the University of Chicago — but she’s done most of that work remotely while living...
