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Arvind Singhal , a noted communication scholar, author and Ohio University professor, is the first recipient of the Everett M. Rogers Award for Achievement in Entertainment-Education . Administered by the Norman Lear Center, the award is given in memory of Everett M. Rogers , a former USC Annenberg associate dean and Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Communication. The Rogers award honors...

The National Endowment for the Arts and USC Annenberg have announced the second USC Annenberg/NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater . The Institute will be held January 9-20, 2006 in Los Angeles. It is part of a series of programs across the country focused on improving arts criticism...

A number of USC Annenberg students have been personally impacted by the terrible disaster along the Gulf Coast. Ellie Wallace , an Annenberg student from Jackson, Mississippi, has offered to organize an informal fundraising drive at the School. Ellie, along with other students and staff, will be collecting cash donations from anyone who wishes to contribute, with the gifts turned over to the Red...

Technology is driving a historic transformation in local news, according to a report released August 11 by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. "Historians will look back at the early 21st century as a turning point, when decades-long patterns of readership, listening, and viewing were disrupted by new, powerful and inexpensive technology," writes USC Annenberg Senior Fellow...

USC's 125th Anniversary committee honored emeritus communication professor Walter R. Fisher at a gala reception during the 15th biennial Congress of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric. Fisher, former director of the School of Communication, is a pioneer in the study of rhetorical theory and criticism and author of several leading texts in the field. He was honored along with emeritus English professor Ross Winterowd and linguistics and law professor Edward Finegan for their contributions to the interdisciplinary tradition of rhetorical study at USC. The reception, which took place Thursday, July 14, is part of the USC 125th Anniversary Project , a yearlong celebration of the school's quasquicentennial. Fisher's faculty home page USC 125th Anniversary Project

2004 was a "Bounce Back" year that saw strong growth in many key indicators of health for the PR profession, according to GAP III , the third annual Public Relations Generally Accepted Practices Study, published by USC Annenberg’s Strategic Public Relations Center (SPRC) and sponsored by the Council of Public Relations Firms . "The most stunning finding of GAP III is that, according to hundreds of senior-level PR people, their CEOs now believe that PR is the #1 contributor to organizational success," said Jerry Swerling (pictured), director of the SPRC and principal investigator on the study.

USC Annenberg, in partnership with five professional associations for arts critics, presented the first National Critics Conference , May 25-28. More than 400 arts writers, critics, editors, scholars and educators attended this historic assembly. "Critical Unity in Critical Times" was the theme. The presenting...

Public relations professor Craig Carroll has been selected to receive a Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring . USC was selected as a pilot school for this award along with Princeton University, Brown University and Oberlin College. The awards are made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Carroll teaches courses in public relations research and corporate reputation. His students at USC...