Inside the classrooms at USC Annenberg, students are the ones typically tasked with answering the hard hitting questions. "Five Minutes with..." turns the table on faculty and staff to ask them the hard questions.

Whalen Rozelle (Director, eSports, Riot Games) joined Journalism professor and M{2e} co-director Gabriel Kahn, Communication professor, Dmitri Williams, for an in-depth conversation on Feb. 6 about the growth of eSports across linear, social, and digital platforms. The event was part of the M{2e} Spring 2017 Speaker Series: Sports Programming in the Post-TV Era.

Karen Abé, a USC Annenberg alumna and Universal Studios’ Vice President of International Marketing for Home Entertainment, dropped by on February 8, to share some keys to success and her career journey with USC Annenberg students and the public.

This week in "Quoted": Dan Durbin on why Tom Brady should stay a sports villain and not a political one; Philip Seib on whether or not Trump's attacks on the media are ego-driven or calculated; Mary Murphy on why Elizabeth Warren getting cut off on the Senate floor may be a gift for Democrats, and more.

Brian M. Rosenthal of the Houston Chronicle has won the 2017 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for his seven-part series revealing that Texas state educators systematically denied special education services to hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren with developmental, intellectual and physical disabilities.

The Online News Association’s 2017 Women’s Leadership Accelerator took place at USC Annenberg February 5–10. The weeklong forum focused on developing strong leadership skills for women working in digital journalism. In addition to sessions with women leaders in the media industry, participants heard from experts in the Los Angeles media community and worked closely with mentors on their personal projects.

Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger of the Chicago-based radio program AirGo visited USC Annenberg on Tuesday, Feb. 7, for what was essentially a dialogue about dialogue. The duo explored how facilitating conversation inspires active citizens and shapes the culture of cities and the nation.

MIT professor Sherry Turkle – scholar and critic of technology’s impact, public intellectual and bestselling author – is the recipient of the 2017 Everett M. Rogers Award.