A look back at the 2016 USC Annenberg Day of SCervice that saw hundreds of alumni, their children, friends and family come together to support a local food bank.

Four students from USC Annenberg will attend the 2017 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference from March 10-19 in Austin, Texas. Austin Roy, Diana Lee, Sarah McMullen and Elias Goodstein are attending the conference and festival as part of the inaugural Career Trek, organized by the school's Career Development office. The annual conference celebrates the convergence of the technology, interactive, film and music industries.

The 2017 High School Journalism Day took place on February 24, 2017 at Wallis Annenberg Hall. During the morning welcome, Marc Brown, ABC journalist and Annenberg grad, spoke with local high school students about his career path from USC Annenberg. Barbara Estrada, founder of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists chapter at USC, also spoke to local high school students about her experience at USC Annenberg.

Humans having been using stories or narratives to transmit crucial information for thousands of years. Despite that, Western medicine largely ignores the use of narrative and instead continues to rely on lists of dos and don’t’s, facts and figures to compel behavior change. [The Conversation]

“Quoted” gathers a selection of the week’s news stories featuring and written by USC Annenberg’s leadership, faculty, staff and others.

USC Annenberg Dean Ernest J. Wilson III delivered the 13th annual James L. Loper Lecture in Public Service Broadcasting on Feb. 22 at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The Loper Lecture honors the late James L. Loper, a Southern Californian pioneer in public broadcasting.

Robert Elmore, the Vice President and News Director at Eyewitness News KABC, visited USC Annenberg on February 22nd to share some insight on working in a newsroom and the future of journalism in America.

Mattie Smith Colin was a seasoned reporter for the Chicago Defender when the newspaper sent her to cover the return of Emmett Till’s body. The 14-year-old Chicago native, who was visiting relatives in the Mississippi Delta, had been brutally beaten and shot for allegedly whistling at a white woman. An open casket funeral – insisted upon by Till’s mother – followed. [The Conversation]