What happens when 6,595 people, 17 cats and dogs and two rare bonobo apes descend from the sky into Gander , a small town of 9,600 in Newfoundland, Canada? This is the basis of the musical Come From Away , opening at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on Nov. 28. The play, set on Sept. 11, 2001...
Since the launch of the long-form documentary program Impact in 2001, the show’s USC Annenberg undergraduate and graduate student journalists have given viewers an in-depth look at stories happening in and around the region. Now, they’re about to reach an even wider audience.
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When the president of the United States disparages journalists and calls their work “fake news,” how should the Fourth Estate respond?
Shawna Thomas, who is in the eye of the presidential storm as Washington, D.C., bureau chief of VICE News and senior producer for VICE News Tonight, said there is no winning for journalists who try to hit back.
The best way to react, said Thomas...
Technology has changed how journalists interact with their audience — instead of having direct access via a television screen or a newspaper, modern journalists need to understand what networked press freedom is and how to navigate the algorithms inherent in a new social media landscape. USC Annenberg Associate Professor Mike Ananny researches the intersection between technology and journalism...
A bustling Trojan Family Weekend saw USC Annenberg host a series of talks around campus. On Oct. 12 in the packed Sheindlin Forum, parents had the opportunity to hear a spirited discussion among Ben Carrington , associate professor of sociology and journalism, and three panelists, including two adjunct...
A panel of experts, including MacArthur Fellows Josh Kun and Viet Thanh Nguyen, explains the history of cultural appropriation and growing awareness in the digital era.
A white Salt Lake City teen wore a red qipao, a traditional Chinese dress, to prom last spring and shared photos of it on social media. At Milan Fashion Week last February, white models wearing the latest Gucci line...
Thomas Williams first gets his audience riled up with a chant.
“Give me one clap. Give me two claps. Give me three claps. Whoo!”
The former linebacker, who helped the USC Trojans win two national championships and three Rose Bowls, then recounts how an injury in his sophomore year led him to doubt whether he would be among the 1 percent of college athletes who go pro....
She might have left her position as an assistant managing editor for the Los Angeles Times and head of the paper’s politics team, but new USC Annenberg faculty member Christina Bellantoni is hardly getting a break from the politics beat during this election cycle.
Soon after her arrival as a professor of...
