It’s that time of year again: graduation season. With so many commencement speakers in the news this month, media outlets from across the country have compiled their lists of some of the best graduation speeches of all time. Among those addresses given the seal of approval by both...
By Andrea Richards
Four years ago, 17-year-old Greg Asciutto arrived at USC Annenberg from the small town of Albemarle, North Carolina. He’d only applied to two universities, both of which accepted him, but he knew after his first visit to USC that it was the place for him. Since then, he’s had work published in five countries, won a Hearst award, traveled to Cuba and also worked in...
By Anne Bergman
T Bone Burnett’s message to graduates of the USC Annenberg School of Communication was simple, yet powerful: “Knock ‘em alive,” he urged.
The iconoclastic music producer and songwriter spoke on May 16 as part of the University of Southern California’s 131 st Commencement Ceremonies. In all, 660 degrees...
On Friday, May 16, the USC Annenberg community celebrated another successful commencement. For a full recap of Commencement 2014, visit the stories below. Commencement Recaps: Communications - T Bone Burnett Tells Communications Graduates: "You Are the Ones" Journalism -...
Grammy-winning musician and producer T Bone Burnett delivered the School of Communication’s Commencement address, May 16, 2014. The following is a transcription of his speech. I am happy and grateful to be here at this moment of immense possibility. I’m going to start here — with the movie, The Graduate. This morning, I have one word...
I met up with Emmanuel Martinez on the sun-baked patio at USC Annenberg at the end of April, a couple of weeks before he finished grad school. It’s not rare to find a journalist-in-training who can talk endlessly about his niche—in Martinez’s case, data journalism. But Martinez, who has been trained in essentially all forms of journalism--the most traditional to the most progressive--spoke...
By Alex Reed
National Public Radio’s Guy Raz stopped by USC Annenberg on May 6 to share some pizza and thoughts with USC Annenberg students as a break from studying for finals.
Raz, who also spoke later that evening at USC Annenberg’s James L. Loper Lecture in Public Service Broadcasting, was introduced by USC Annenberg...
Jarl Mohn, Member of USC Annenberg Board of Councilors, Named NPR Head
