Tara Campbell was elected mayor of her hometown, Yorba Linda, California, at the age of 25, just two years after graduating with a dual degree in broadcast and digital journalism and political science.
Lisa Pecot-Hébert , associate professor of professional practice, researches theory and gender body image in the media, including by framing cosmetic surgery through a feminist lens.
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“Authenticity is one of the most important values that I learned in my life,” said Paige Adams-Geller, founder and creator of premium denim brand Paige during a “Lunch with a Leader” event last month. “I was always people-pleasing; it was how I defined myself.”
Adams-Geller, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication in 1990, started...
2019 Global Communications Report examines the impact of technology on society and the communication industry
The majority of global public relations professionals surveyed in the 2019 USC Annenberg Global Communications Report predict the next few years will bring dramatic change to the communication industry. Eighty-...
As the students in the “Advanced Investigative Reporting” class settled into their seats behind the worn, U-shaped, dais-style desks, visiting professor and former BuzzFeed News investigative editor Mark Schoofs chatted with them about the limitations of email and phone inquiries for public records. “A lot of times, you’...
Big Tobacco is increasingly using social media to find new ways to hook young people on smoking, circumventing decades of laws restricting the marketing of traditional cigarettes to minors.
In major cities around the world such as Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, Jakarta and Milan, tobacco companies have been holding...
Angela pulled over to the side of the road for the second time that evening as she and Tyrah Majors continued their journey to Culver City. Angela got out of the car and beckoned for Majors to follow.
They were at Angela’s former apartment, the one she called home before she started living in her car. They toured the outside of the complex with their phone flashlights dancing along the...
Taj Frazier , an associate professor in communication, is a cultural historian who explores the arts, political and expressive cultures of the people of the African Diaspora in the United States and elsewhere. When he was a teen, he had the chance to study in China and it was there that he became fascinated with...
