In an effort to improve the quality of health communication and health journalism in Los Angeles and across the country, The California Endowment has awarded two major grants to programs directed by USC Annenberg

The Los Angeles Lakers have announced USC Annenberg broadcast journalism students Jeremy Hall and Matthew Landes are the 2009 winners of the Chick Hearn Memorial Scholarship, which will be awarded on center court at halftime of the Lakers-Sacramento Kings game on Nov. 23

Between her studies, Wendy Carrillo (M.A. Specialized Journalism '09) finds time to get out the Latino vote and blog about politics

Shawn Powers co-authored a study about Al-Jazeera English's impact around the world that found the broadcast station is more likely to cover contentious issues in a way that creates an environment conducive to cooperation, negotiation and reconciliation

The Nov. 6 installment of the popular "Annenberg Open Forum on Politics, War…and More" focused on the campaign and post-campaign atmosphere on campus – and throughout the nation – and brought out some sharp student and faculty feedback on omission, reconciliation and new methods of follow-up made possible by new media technology

Annenberg TV News, USC Annenberg's student-run nightly newscast, airs "Election Central" live on election night beginning at 7 p.m.

USC Annenberg welcomed back its alumni on Nov. 1 before the homecoming football win against Washington with a day full of re-connections, new connections and good ol'-fashioned fun

The McCormick Foundation has awarded a $120,000 grant to USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism (IJJ) for a two-part fellowship program for ethnic media journalists, focusing on news coverage of urban environmental justice.