The USC Trojan Debate Squad, directed by Gordon Stables, will participate in a Jan. 19 debate about health care and the economy at the Smithsonian Institute to coincide with President-Elect Barack Obama's inauguration

USC Annenberg and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that applications are now being accepted for the 5th annual Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. The institute, which will take place April 14-24, 2009, is an 11-day intensive workshop in theater and musical theater for writers, editors, broadcast and online producers from the 50 states and Puerto Rico

Communication professor Josh Kun has been featured extensively in some of the country's most prestigious news outlets — including the New York Times, National Public Radio and Newsweek — because of a new book he co-authored about the almost-lost history of Jewish music from the 1940s to 1980s

Friends and family members of former journalism professor Ed Guthman gathered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. this month to celebrate Ed's life and achievements

USC Annenberg will host an exhibit of 185 award-winning images from the World Press Photo 08 contest from Jan. 12 to Feb. 5, 2009

Media studies expert and advocate of the “YouTube generation” Henry Jenkins will join USC Annenberg in July 2009. He will leave his post at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to hold a joint appointment at USC Annenberg and the USC School of Cinematic Arts

Journalism professor Michael Parks' Center for California Health Care Journalism teams with Merced Sun-Star to produce series of articles about proposed UC Merced medical school

“This is a really exciting night,” said Mat Mendez (Broadcast Journalism ’09), the evening’s emcee and an ATVN anchor. “It’s a great opportunity to connect with everyone who has built this operation from the ground up – to take everything we’ve been taught and to get ready for the real world.