On Oct. 16 — exactly three weeks before Election Day 2018 — USC Annenberg convened a panel of political experts to discuss the home stretch of this election cycle.

Sixteen journalists from around the nation are at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism this week to take part in the Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 Data Fellowship. The highly selective program, which began Oct. 17, helps reporters gain investigative data skills through an intensive four-day series of workshops. It also provides six months of one-on-one mentoring — guided by some of the best data journalists in the country — and grants of $2,000–$4,000 to help underwrite reporting.

USC Annenberg faculty across journalism, communication and public relations share their research and teaching.

The philanthropist and Trojan alumna brings her business acumen and passion for community service to the university’s governing board.

As the former editor-in-chief of both Glamour Magazine and Self and a senior fellow with the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, Cindi Leive knows a thing or two about success. On Oct. 11, students packed the Sheindlin Forum to hear Leive talk about her career with moderators Christina Bellantoni, director of the media center, and Miki Turner, assistant professor of professional practice.

Two-time alumnus — journalism and communication management — Ben Malcolmson returns to campus with a new book about his unique Trojan football experience.

Digital technology is reshaping media and culture. Our scholars explore how to build and use these new tools responsibly.

The Oct. 3 gathering at the University Club was not the first time Josh Kun and Viet Thanh Nguyen sat around a table to talk about writing, interdisciplinarity and crossing borders. After all, the pair were actually in the same dissertation writing group at UC Berkeley in the ’90s.