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January 23, 2015

A night of thought-provoking insights from Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor and author Peter Thiel

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Investor and Author Peter Thiel visited USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and gave a talk and was involved in a discussion with Journalism Director Willow Bay and Alexander Cox from J.P. Morgan. USC Annenberg On Thursday, Annenberg journalism and communication students, engineers from Viterbi, innovators from the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young...

Tina Gutierrez
January 22, 2015

Former Journalism School Director Dies at 90, Los Angeles Times Pays Tribute

The Los Angeles Times reported William Woestendiek, director of the Annenberg journalism school from 1988 until he retired in 1994, died Friday, Jan. 15 at the age of 90.

As managing editor of the now-defunct Houston Post, Woestendiek oversaw the newspaper's expose of government corruption in a Houston suburb that resulted in widespread reforms and a Pulitzer Prize in 1965. The Arizona...
McKenna Aiello
Dr. Stacy Smith and Dr. Katherine Pieper, of the USC Annenberg Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative
January 20, 2015

Will Hollywood Earn a ‘D’ on Diversity?

The Academy Award nominations for the 2015 Oscars were blasted for their lack of diversity. But excluding women and underrepresented racial/ethnic groups is a hallmark of Hollywood — not an oversight. This year’s snubs didn’t surprise researchers at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, who since 2006 have chronicled the lack of diversity behind and in front of the camera...

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