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...
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Let me start this article by saying: Hi, I am so glad you're reading this and are open to learning more about mental health resources on and off campus. If you’re struggling with mental health issues, I want you to know that you are not alone. I have been in a very similar situation. About a year ago, I moved across the ocean from Europe to pursue my...
Manuelita Maldonado, a former English teacher who majored in literature at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia, her home country, joined USC Annenberg in Fall 2018 to pursue a graduate degree. She joined the strategic public relations program and has spent the past two years immersed in research into how...
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,...
USC Annenberg students, alumni and adjunct professors earned more than 40 honors, including 18 first-place nods, at the 62 nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards . Held by the Los Angeles Press Club, this year’s event honoring work from 2019 was entirely virtual, with presenters George Pennacchio of ABC7 and Cher Calvin of KTLA announcing the...
At the first #FutureOfLocalNews event on Aug. 4, the discussion was often about what the future should not look like.
“It's not just about broadcasting … or writing about the headlines,” said Kristen Muller , chief content officer of KPCC , Southern California Public Radio. “It's...
USC Annenberg alumna and Los Angeles Times staff writer Esmeralda Bermudez will receive the National Association of Hispanic Journalists ’ (NAHJ) Sí Se Puede Award at the #NABJNAHJ2020 Convention & Career Fair on Saturday, August 8, 2020.
Bermudez, who earned her...
Growing up a half a mile from the University Park campus, Enzo Luna had many opportunities to get to know USC. The earliest trip he recalls was in elementary school, when his class visited one of USC’s science labs, and he was able to view cancer cells through a microscope. Later, during his junior year of high school at New Designs Charter near campus, students from...