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

Publisher and alumna Linda Johnson Rice helped kick off the first Dean’s Forum of the year at USC Annenberg on Sept. 4, as she joined Dean Ernest J. Wilson III, students and faculty for a discussion on diversity in the media and the future of African American publishing

Journalism professor Judy Muller says CNN's recent deploying of "all platform" reporters -- those who combine print, broadcast and online journalism -- is the present and future of journalism

The journalist and educator died Sunday night at his home in the Pacific Palisades. He was 89

USC Annenberg's Popandpolitics.com is one of about 120 credentialed blogs covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver, with four students reporting on site, including editor Chris Nelson (pictured)

USC Annenberg welcomes 524 new students and three journalism faculty members for the fall semester, including School of Journalism director Geneva Overholser (pictured)

Third-year communication doctoral student Matthew S. Weber has been awarded an $8,000 Web Science Research Grant by the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University