Latin American women in Los Angeles County are twice as likely as white women to contract cervical cancer, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and are significantly less likely to understand the causes of the disease or to be screened for it.
That needs to change, say USC researchers, who are finding ways to make it happen.
“Latinas are the ones...
"Never hold yourself back and think that someone out there has already done this story," Matthew Kauffman said. "Always keep pushing for the information."
"There are so many versions of the truth that we need investigative reporting skills to get through spin and a barrage of information," Lisa Chedekel said.
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Communication professor Sandra Ball-Rokeach chairs the Nov. 18 session of “Mediating the Lives and Experiences of Latino Immigrants: Ethnic Media as a Meaning System.” She is also presenting a paper titled “The Role of Health Communication Connections in Cancer Prevention.”...
As graduation approaches, USC Annenberg students of all majors are excited to start their careers as professionals.
One important annual event helps them start this journey by officially inducting them into the Trojan Alumni Network.
The event welcomes graduating students into the #ASCJFamily that...
New to USC Annenberg this year, Carmen Lee is a Clinical Associate Professor of Communication. Lee is passionate about seamlessly merging the fields of statistics and communication to provide her students with skills essential to understanding research.
PR is among those rare industries that leaves many on both sides of the ubiquitous “What do you do for a living?” question stumped. Truly stumped. Though I won’t admit to it myself, I’ve heard many a PR colleague acquiesce after a confusing back-and-forth cocktail party conversation to say, “I work in advertising."
At USC Annenberg, we don’t just cover the news, we make it. “Quoted: USC Annenberg in the News” gathers a selection of the week’s news stories featuring and written by USC Annenberg’s leaders, faculty, staff and others. The stories are listed in chronological order, the most recent story appearing first.
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