It is crazy to think that we are less than two short weeks away from the start of the highly anticipated semester. If you are feeling anything like I am, what is about to become our reality is both exciting and a little terrifying.
Over the past two months, I have delved into a few of the many important tips and tricks that I wish I knew as an incoming freshman.
We talked about...
Rodmy “Johnny” Dorcil has been named the 2020–21 recipient of the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Fellowship in Entertainment Journalism & Criticism. Dorcil, who started taking online classes through USC Annenberg this summer, is working toward his master’s degree in...
Life changes in a blink — in the flash of a thought, or within the sweep of a gesture. Nate Howard , executive director of Movement BE , a San Diego-based nonprofit and online platform serving vulnerable youth, knows this truth all too well.
In 2013, Howard was a senior studying...
This article was originally published on The Conversation .
Dozens of companies with no track record of activism have made...
The Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg has welcomed 23 journalists from around the nation to its annual National Fellowship this week for five days of intensive training that delves into coverage of health disparities and...
When the nationwide shutdowns put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in sport cancellations throughout the country, Madison McDaniel learned she wouldn’t be playing her final year of lacrosse for James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia. “Because of this, I was able to obtain an extra year of eligibility,” she said. “I definitely saw this as an opportunity to open my options...
To the Annenberg Class of 2024,
First and foremost, I hope that those of you who live in the greater Los Angeles area are healthy and safe considering the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Since I wrote to you last, USC has shifted gears, to say the least, going from a hybrid learning plan to a predominantly remote Fall semester. So, before I get into any of today’s letter — if you feel...
After her morning shift at the Chick-fil-A near Marina Del Rey, Calif., Kymia Freeman often takes the number 3 bus down Lincoln Boulevard to Venice Boulevard before the 12-minute walk to the apartment she shares with her mother in the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice. This summer, she put that travel time to good use, logging into Zoom from her phone to participate in the...