The Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg is bringing together 19 California journalists this week for its annual California Fellowship. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the meeting is being held virtually, with Fellows, speakers and editors taking part via an internet platform....
Henry Jenkins , Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education, has been at the forefront of understanding the effects of participatory culture on business, politics and education. He talks about how fandom has influenced his research throughout the years and how his latest...
When Lauren Teruya enrolled in the Spring presidential campaign reporting course, she knew she’d signed up for something special. USC Annenberg journalism courses nearly always have strong practical learning experiences built in, but Christina Bellantoni’s class offered a unique opportunity: The students would...
In 2017, longtime journalist Wendi C. Thomas set up a nonprofit digital newsroom in Memphis called MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, dedicated to reporting on economic justice. She began investigating what kept people in poverty in Memphis, America’s second-poorest large city. This led to a series of stories that exposed the rapacious debt collection...
Born and raised in Mexico, Professor of Communication Hector Amaya explores how drug violence in the country has captured our imaginations and led to new forms of participation in public culture. His new book, Trafficking: Narcoculture in Mexico and the United States...
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have documented humanitarian crises around the globe. With their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square democracy movement and the massacre that followed, they became the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
They have co-authored several books together, including A Path Appears and Half the Sky , which have...
On Feb. 1, 2020, USC Annenberg hosted the “I Too Am” Media Festival, funded by California Humanities , the independent nonprofit partner of the National Endowment of the Humanities. The day-long event was organized by Alison Trope , clinical professor of communication, DJ Johnson, associate...
One of USC Annenberg’s newest faculty members, associate professor of communication Jennifer Petersen , wasted no time getting into the classroom — both physical and virtual. Fresh off her arrival from her previous position at the University of Virginia, she taught the graduate-level “Feminist Theory and...
