On National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," journalism school director Geneva Overholser says the work of sites like VoiceofSanDiego.org can make up for shortages in coverage that larger media organizations may not be reporting.

TLC announced today journalism professor Dan Birman (pictured) will produce "Brace for Impact," a biographic documentary of captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III, who rose to national acclaim when he successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on Jan. 15.

School of Journalism director Geneva Overholser says the potential loss of newspapers is a clear and present danger to our civic life. "Newsrooms in newspapers have been the predominant source of original reporting about what's going on in city hall, in classrooms, about Washington, about the international scene," she said

In celebration of the launch of Reportingonhealth.org, a new Web 2.0 professional education project of USC Annenberg’s California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, incoming professor Henry Jenkins delivered an inaugural keynote address on March 24 about the implications of a participatory culture for journalists reporting on health and science news

The Society of Professional Journalists recently awarded Annenberg Radio News two first-place Mark of Excellence Awards in SPJ's Region 11. Annenberg TV News won three awards, including a first-place finish

Information Technologies and International Development (ITID), co-edited by communication professor François Bar to offer online submission and interactive functionalities

Cinny Kennard will help USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy to develop new program on Women and Communication Leadership

PRWeek Magazine recently named Natasha Ratliff (B.A. Public Relations/Psychology, ’09) the 2009 Public Relations Student of the Year