In less than two years after graduating from USC in 1992, I landed the job I always aspired to: a full-time reporter at the Los Angeles Times. At the age of 23. And less than two years after that, I was laid off as part of the newspaper's first round of job cuts, along with all the other reporters who worked in local bureaus for the newspaper's Valley edition.
After two grueling weeks of finals, 16 USC Annenberg students set off in the first ever New York City Maymester career trek . During the two weeks, we were able to meet and talk with amazing media figures, such as Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, NBA Commissioner...
Courtesy of Will Federman Amid half-filled moving boxes, cat shelves lining the walls, and the company of three cats, Will Federman — a recent journalism graduate of USC Annenberg — recalls his two-year stay at USC.
His is an unconventional tale of perseverance, which began with rejection.
“USC accepted me, but Annenberg rejected my...
It’s become a rite of passage for students in the spring semester — find an internship that will give them that ever-important “work experience,” possibly laying the foundation for long and prosperous careers post-graduation. Lauren Wong is no exception, but her search unearthed an opportunity with the most dominant social media platform in existence.
A new video from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism features a cross-section of leading editors, writers and executives discussing why investigative journalism is so vital and necessary — and what would happen if the field didn’t exist.
Based on a series of meetings with high level participants from government, industry and academia, The USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy recommends that cell phone carriers receiving subsidies through the FCC’s Lifeline program provide affordable mobile phones equipped with emergency services for all Americans.
One year after a record-setting wave of young, unaccompanied minors surged from Central America into the United States, a new multimedia project by USC Annenberg student reporters reveals the economic, political and social ramifications of the influx.
“Far From Home” is a deep-dive series of stories told in text...
Sinduja Rangarajan knew about data and digital journalism, but she didn’t quite put all the pieces together until she spent the past two years in USC Annenberg’s M.A. in Journalism program.
