USC Annenberg will award doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degrees to nearly 800 students on May 16 during the 2008 commencement ceremonies, with Geena Davis and Arianna Huffington delivering the keynote speeches

Noted diplomat and international relations expert Geoffrey Wiseman has been appointed to serve as director of USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School

A May 13 Brandweek article highlighted Sean Tiner (Master of Communication Management, '09) for his marketing savvy and called him "a prototype of tomorrow's marketer"

Hanna Ingber Win (M.A. print journalism, '08) delivered a May 8 essay on National Public Radio, saying that it has been nearly impossible for people outside of Burma to check on friends and family members in the aftermath of the cyclone that recently hit the country

Dean Ernest J. Wilson III presented alongside FCC commissioner Michael J. Copps on May 6 at the Council on Foundations Conference in Washington, D.C., and outlined the pros and cons of a changing media landscape

Nine-month M.A. in Specialized Journalism program led by Sasha Anawalt advances training for working journalists and aspiring reporters with a background in the arts

Second-year communication Ph.D. student Carmen Gonzalez recently earned a Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship that will provide her with financial support to research Spanish-language media during her next three years at USC Annenberg

Columbia University announced April 29 that Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism and Democracy holder Jay Harris was appointed the new co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board