Media Highlights

'Marketplace'
Oprah Magazine the latest women’s title to put regular print edition to bed
July 28, 2020

Marketplace quoted Lisa Pecot-Hébert in an article about how O, the Oprah Magazine, is the latest in a series of women's magazines to stop publishing in print.

CNN
What many Africans are hoping to see in Beyonce's 'Black is King'
July 28, 2020

CNN cited "Africa in the Media," a study by the Norman Lear Center, in an article about the representation of Africa in Beyonce's new visual album.

Kirkus Reviews
'The Lemon Tree' (Young Readers' Edition)
July 28, 2020

Kirkus Reviews posted a review of the young readers' edition of Sandy Tolan's book The Lemon Tree.

Dark Reading
Block/Allow: The changing face of hacker linguistics
July 27, 2020

Dark Reading spoke with Christina Dunbar-Hester about the move by many tech companies to abandon exclusionary computing terms like "blacklist" and "whitelist" in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.

NBC News
Octavia Spencer calls for authentic onscreen representation of people with disabilities
July 27, 2020

In a story about actress Octavia Spencer calling for more representation for people with disabilities in film and TV, NBC News cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the percentage of characters with disabilities in high-grossing movies.

KABC-TV
How to protect your children from cybercrime as online learning resumes
July 24, 2020

ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV featured Karen North on why families should be wary of certain online learning tools. "One of the main revenue sources of these digital platforms is to collect data on you and then to sell that data," she said.

Washington Post
Trump’s crackdown in Portland is an attack on free speech
July 22, 2020

The Washington Post featured an op-ed by Jennifer Petersen on how the federal government's recent actions against peaceful protesters in Portland and other cities violate their First Amendment rights.

KPCC-FM’s 'Take Two'
Why U.S.-China tensions could affect L.A., how COVID is impacting childcare centers in California, on the lot
July 22, 2020

KPCC-FM's Take Two interviewed Clayton Dube of the USC U.S.-China Institute on continued diplomatic tension between the U.S. and China and what that means for L.A. County.

Refinery29
15 Seconds Of Fame: The future of reality TV is on our phones
July 21, 2020

Refinery29 quoted Robert Kozinets on how the origins of reality TV relate to both the growth of internet access and the tradition of previous unscripted shows.

KABC-TV
L.A. sees record number of car thefts amid COVID-19 pandemic
July 21, 2020

ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV mentioned research by Crosstown, a partnership between the USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi, that identified a spike in vehicle thefts since the start of the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times
222 L.A. tech companies pledged to improve on diversity. Have they made any progress?
July 15, 2020

The Los Angeles Times highlighted the work of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in tracking gender, racial and ethnic inclusion in the film and music industries.

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