With the nation involved in two wars and facing continuing threats of terrorism, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy will present “Top Secret Talks,” a timely examination of the tension between the government’s need for secrecy and the public’s right to know

A recent study of the 100 top-grossing films of 2007 by communication professor Stacy L. Smith and her team found that females continue to be a large minority both on the screen and behind the camera. However, when women are decision-makers behind the scenes, the number of female characters in a film increases.

Miller's comprehensive examination of the role of private insurance companies in war zones hailed for 'clear and continuing' impact and groundbreaking collaboration among news organizations

Michael Schudson, a Columbia University journalism professor, told a USC Annenberg crowd that while journalism is in the midst of enormous upheaval, the practice of journalism is still better than it has been for much of America's history.

SoCal Connected announced an innovative partnership with the News21 team at USC Annenberg. The Web-based, multimedia project, Dream Interrupted: California in Crisis, launches Thursday, Feb. 11. News21 journalists working in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, Ventura County and the Antelope Valley will report on vital areas of concern, including the economy, education, transportation, housing and government

The Science Diplomacy and the Prevention of Conflict conference was created to further academic understanding of science diplomacy as a valuable element in the wider field of public diplomacy

As part of USC Annenberg's Economic Literacy and Entrepreneurship initiative and series of talks, Columbia University professor Michael Schudson (pictured) will sketch his vision for what the future news environment could look like at a Feb. 11 event at the Annenberg School.

The Jan. 29 issue of the Merced Sun-Star featured a front-page series on the foreclosure climate in northern California, reported by the USC Annenberg-based California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting headed by journalism professor Michael Parks. Parks, who is the founding director of the grant-funded Center, said the Sun-Star series "Houses of Blues" — focusing on how the recession is impacting issues of mental health — fit the greater mandate of the Foundation, which seeks to improve the way health care is delivered and financed in California by promoting innovations in care and broader access to information