During the conference, communication professor Stacy Smith will present her groundbreaking new findings about aspirations and goals for girls in children's media and will review her large body of work on how females are portrayed in G-rated movies, TV programs and video games

Alumnae Talleah Bridges (M.A. broadcast journalism, '02) and Megan (Parlen) Schwartzman (M.A. broadcast journalism, '05) worked on a film titled "Operation Homecoming" that was recently named a 2008 Academy Award nominee in the "Best Documentary Feature" category

Jan. 22-24 conference presents a unique opportunity for civic leaders, policy makers, criminal justice practitioners, judges, scholars, advocates and community service providers to examine the successes and failures of Los Angeles’ criminal justice system

2008 report finds significant concerns about online predators and children’s participation in online communities

Opening reception for “Cover Stories,” an exhibit of magazine covers highlighting the cross-national exchange in publishing from the golden age of the illustrated press to post-war influences, on Tuesday, Jan. 15

Winners honored at special event Thursday, Jan. 17.; College & High School Photojournalism Workshops Friday, Jan. 18

New instructors include Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Page; award-winning broadcast journalist Sandy Tolan; Theodore "Teddy" Albiniak; Cory Ondrejka; Daniel Puzo; and Geoffrey Wiseman

Joe Domanick says tough laws on crack cocaine, "super predators," and "three strikes" have wasted tax dollars and lives