Findings explore the connection between negative senior portrayals on TV and their effect on mental and physical health

Contribution also will fund new debate programming and fellowships at USC Annenberg

New study examines depictions of computer science in TV and film content

Willow Bay, veteran broadcaster and digital communication leader, has been officially instated as dean of USC Annenberg and as the Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication.

Brit Wigintton has been named the 2017–18 recipient of the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Fellowship, a program that supports the next generation of film critics. Wigintton begins her studies this fall in USC Annenberg’s master of arts journalism program, the foremost graduate degree of entertainment and culture storytellers.

In 2014, Time magazine declared American culture had reached a “transgender tipping point,” with transgender people achieving unprecedented media visibility.

Broadcast journalist finding success by connecting with people