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Anahita Mehra isn’t coming to USC Annenberg from Delhi, India, to make a splash. She’s coming to make a difference.

Mehra runs her own communications consulting company, helping firms position their sustainability initiatives on a global platform by developing outreach strategies for everything from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to social media campaigns. She is...

As one of the newest members of the USC Trojans football team, Kash Lewis Amos shares his journey from growing up an athlete on Chicago’s South Side to discovering a major in communication at USC Annenberg.

In middle school, Aden Max Juarez discovered an early passion for creative writing, which quickly grew into a dream of becoming a novelist. Eager to learn more about how he could make a career out of storytelling, he enrolled in the closest-related class he could find in his freshman year of high school: yearbook.

“I remember our yearbook class went to a summer...

Master’s student Daniella Lake isn’t coming to USC Annenberg just to be heard. She wants to be seen.

Lake is a veteran podcaster whose show, “ Life Told By a Stranger ,” spanned both her high school and college careers. Since 2018, she has interviewed subjects...

When Daniela Kent begins her doctoral studies in the fall, her research will be driven by a deeply personal medical experience.

When the veteran yoga practitioner learned she was unexpectedly pregnant four years ago, she decided to terminate the pregnancy after much thought and consideration. But despite a positive medical experience, Kent found that well-meaning...

Annie Long’s fascination with YouTube and content creation began as so many children’s interests serendipitously do: watching older siblings. She was captivated by everything she was seeing on their screens, but when those screens were turned off, she took that fascination a step further. Long pulled out her camera and made her own videos. She started uploading comedy skits,...

From their days as young actors to undergrads, twin brothers Matthew and Benjamin Royer have always been by each other’s side. Now, their next journey together begins at USC Annenberg this fall. Pursuing their master’s degrees in journalism and specialized journalism respectively, each is excited to dive into multidisciplinary reporting and engage in their passion for storytelling in unique...