Paola Mardo is the 2016-2017 Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Fellow and will study film criticism as part of USC Annenberg’s Masters in Arts Journalism program.
A joint venture between USC Annenberg, USC School of Cinematic Arts and SPE, the fellowship is the university’s first program specifically designed for film critics....
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) at USC , led by two Annenberg students, was named Student Chapter of the Year at the joint NABJ / National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) ...
When USC Annenberg student Joan Miller (Ph.D Communications ‘20) was a young girl, she didn’t see herself represented in cartoons or in geek culture.
Fast forward to a packed room in Wallis Annenberg Hall during the week of June 20, and Miller joined 19 other Ph.D students from...
This week, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)—the two largest journalism organizations for minorities—will be hosting a joint conference that welcomes industry leaders and students alike for five days of development and networking events. The annual...
As the national media converges on Cleveland and Philadelphia to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions respectively, a group of USC journalism students is there as well, flexing newly developed reporting chops at the culminating events of an eventful nomination cycle.
“The big goals are to give them really good reporting experience, get them to better understand the...
At USC Annenberg, we are guided by the mandate of our founder, Ambassador Walter Annenberg, “to be of service to all.” Reaching beyond campus borders, students and faculty alike are engaging with underserved communities and empowering them to tell their stories, connect with others and thrive in the communication revolution.
Week in and week out this past spring, students in clinical professor of communication Christopher Smith ’s COMM 400 class, "TV Strategy: from Broadcasting to YouTube," wrestled with a basic question: Does Twitter success a TV hit make?
Five groups of students from Smith’s class were assigned to...
A 1A Los Angeles Times story on May 18 about food truck safety was cooked up by two students in a USC Annenberg data journalism class.
Caitlin Plummer (B.A. Print and Digital Journalism '17) and Michael Radcliffe (Journalism M.S. '16), wrote a story about how 27 percent of L.A. County food...
