MIT professor Erik Brynjolfsson (pictured) outlined key Information Technology strategies that businesses can use to increase innovation and profit during the inaugural M{2e} — Media, Economics and Entrepreneurship — event at USC Annenberg

Dean Ernest J. Wilson III (pictured) wrote a recent article in the Huffington Post about the lack of change in U.S. foreign policy since last year's Google-China showdown. "American high-tech companies remain heavy hitters economically at home and abroad, but continue to punch way below their weight politically," he wrote.

The public can vote for Sarah Erickson and her contest partner Joel Kutz until Jan. 28

California bloggers and editors/founders of California news sites are invited to apply for an all-expenses-paid program that combines seminars on how to chronicle local community and civic health with six months of personalized coaching to improve the health and build the audiences of their sites

The magazine calls Henry Jenkins "perhaps the world’s most influential and radical scholar" addressing the questions, "How are digital media affecting what constitutes culture?" and, "What should it mean to educate the citizens of a digital world?"

Associate professor of public relations Jian "Jay" Wang edited a recently released book titled "Soft Power in China: Public Diplomacy through Communication" (Palgrave Macmillan).

The Knight Program in Media and Religion at USC Annenberg announced this week that applications will be accepted in spring 2011 for stipends to report on religion and social issues in the United States. An application and more information about the program will be available online in March

School of Journalism director Geneva Overholser announced that professor Bill Celis and assistant director Laura Castañeda will be the associate directors of the School of Journalism, effective August of 2011. They will replace associate director Pat Dean, who announced she will be stepping down after seven years in her position.