The Women’s Leadership Society (WLS), a part of {M2e}, celebrates women every day while cultivating a community where women can find the support for professional advancement.
Cultural historian Josh Kun will be chair’s inaugural holder
“There’s a way in which you listen to sounds, conduct interviews and produce stories and podcasts for public media that is different from everything else,” said Doug Mitchell, founder and director of NPR’s Next Generation Radio.
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is proud to announce that Cindi Leive, the distinguished former editor-in-chief of both Glamour and Self, has become a Senior Fellow. A journalist and cultural critic, Leive is also the co-producer of several New York Times bestsellers, including the 2018 book Together We Rise about the making of the women’s march.
The sprawling community of Skid Row is comprised of 50 blocks, an epicenter of homelessness. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), there are currently 57,794 homeless in Los Angeles County — 4,633 alone in Skid Row. The problem is at the center of a USC initiative to educate and find innovative ways to address homelessness.
A journalism class, led by Mary Murphy and Sandy Tolan, takes on the homelessness issue in Los Angeles County. Students spend the semester learning about the various issues and then do field reporting, creating stories, digital projects and videos. Their work was also featured in the Huffington Post. For more information on the project, click here.
Jonathan Abrams reports about sports culture through a critical lens, weaving activism, politics and entertainment into his storytelling.
According to the 2018 Global Communications Report, 64% of public relations professionals surveyed predict that in five years the average consumer will not be able to distinguish between news stories written by journalists (earned media) and promotional content purchased by an organization (paid media). Furthermore, 59% believe the average person will not care if they can tell the difference between the two.
