Sea change has come to USC Annenberg.
On October 1, 2014 the school celebrates the grand opening of the technologically transformative, 88,000-squarefoot Wallis Annenberg Hall. This summer, the School of Journalism welcomes its first cohort of nine-month Journalism M.S. students. And the School of Communication and the School of Journalism have each hired new directors —Sarah Banet-...
Most of the time, when you want to build a building, you start with an architect. This building started with a vision. It started with Dean Wilson saying: What if USC Annenberg had a facility that imagined journalism’s future, instead of imitating its past? It started with the idea that the real future of journalism — the students here — should learn and train and innovate in the kind of 21st-...
Good morning, everyone! And welcome to this very special ceremony as we dedicate Wallis Annenberg Hall.
This building stands at the heart of our university, and that is no coincidence. In the digital Age of Information … communication and journalism lie at the heart of human connectivity. Today, as we embrace the birth of a revolutionary building dedicated to advancing the fields of...
In 2010, Wallis Annenberg and I began a conversation. We reflected together on the importance of journalism and communication for the future of democracy in the United States of America. She described her deep commitment to the eternal values of openness, inclusion and transparency. She articulated a vision of these values — values that would inform the design and the purposes of any new home...
LOS ANGELES – Oct. 1, 2014 – The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism today inaugurated a new era of digital media education, communication and production with the Grand Opening of the visionary Wallis Annenberg Hall.
A crowd of more than 500 students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni and friends of USC Annenberg cheered the ribbon-cutting that marked...
At USC Annenberg, media and entertainment go hand in hand.
This belief was solidified several years ago, when a committee devoted to entertainment studies at USC Annenberg was formed, Professor Alison Trope recalled.
The committee examined the school’s entertainment courses and programs, as well as...
From ground breaking to grand opening, follow the development of USC Annenberg's new building.
