USC Annenberg created an environmental public relations course - the first of its kind at a major research university - in which students learn about the rapidly changing field of environmental PR while gaining valuable skills applicable to careers in the industry

The Knight Digital Media Center will hold a special News Entrepreneur Boot Camp from May 16-21, 2010, in Los Angeles. This expenses-paid intense one-week boot camp is designed for 20 competitively selected digital entrepreneurs with great ideas for community news and information initiatives in the public interest

A top news executive and two leading global policymakers have been appointed 2010-2011 senior fellows of Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

"Brace for Impact," a one-hour documentary produced by journalism professor Dan Birman, details the remarkable landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III

The Tiziano Project, run by five past or current USC Annenberg students, recently earned a $25,000 grant to conduct a three-month journalism training program for youth in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan

TriSight Communications, staffed entirely by USC students, offers valuable strategic planning services and develops integrated public relations campaigns to support client goals

They may not admit it, but female players of a large online game are more hardcore than men or teenagers, according to research by communication professor Dmitri Williams, who found several surprises during his study of 7,000 anonymous players of “EverQuest II.” While 80 percent of players were male, female players spent more time in-world: 29 hours a week, versus 25 for males

USC Annenberg hosted a Colloquium on China Media Studies from Dec. 14 to 15, which brought leading scholars from around the world to conduct a comparative assessment of China communication studies from Chinese and Western perspectives, identifying critical gaps and opportunities for a future research agenda