David Westphal, the distinguished Washington Editor for McClatchy Newspapers, has joined USC Annenberg's faculty as Executive in Residence

School of Journalism director Geneva Overholser discussed the future and changing role of print journalism at a Sept. 16 USC Annenberg forum with Bill Gannon, director of online operations for Lucasfilm, Ltd.

After a three-month hiatus, a reformatted OJR has returned to full operation in cooperation with the Knight Digital Media Center and returns Robert Niles to the staff

Hollywood, Health & Society, a joint project of the Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg and the (CDC), announced 13 finalists for the Sentinel for Health Awards on Sept. 15

Panelists and visiting journalists at the Sept. 11 Annenberg Open Forum on Politics, War ... and More at USC Annenberg exchanged ideas, growing concerns and anecdotal stories about current and past presidential politics and how the media chooses to focus on particular players

Eight distinguished mid-career arts journalists have been selected as Fellows for the USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program, intended to establish a new standard of excellence in arts and culture coverage

Journalism and public diplomacy professor Philip Seib's recently published book, The Al-Jazeera Effect (Potomac Books), discusses the influence of new media on global politics, particularly in relation to the Middle East

David Poindexter, the founder and former president of Population Communications International, is the 2008 recipient of the Everett M. Rogers Award for Achievement in Entertainment-Education, hosted by USC Annenberg's Norman Lear Center