In a story on the corporate response to the nationwide George Floyd protests, the Los Angeles Times cited research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the underrepresentation of people of color as directors of major films.
NBC Los Angeles interviewed Allissa Richardson about the effectiveness of economic boycotts in driving societal change.
USA Today quoted Karen North on the influence of Twitter.
Rob Parker wrote an essay for Deadspin on how the killing of George Floyd proves that Colin Kaepernick was right to protest police brutality — a protest that cost him his job.
KCRW-FM's Press Play with Madeleine Brand featured Allissa Richardson on the power of smartphone videos to document police violence against Black people. She was also featured on KNBC-TV.
Dan Birman talks to The Conversation about his new film Murder to Mercy, which tells the story of how Cyntoia Brown won her freedom after being imprisoned for murder at age 16.
The Atlantic featured an article by Marc Ambinder on the need for the government to listen to its "doomsday planners" and prepare for issues that could be as crippling as this pandemic.
KPCC-FM interviewed David Craig about Instagram testing potential new revenue streams, including ads on IGTV.
Allissa Richardson wrote an article for The Conversation that explores how technology complicates Black witnessing of police and vigilante violence.
USA Today quoted Karen North on President Trump's executive order against social media companies.
Communication management master's student Ernest Owens wrote an Op-Ed in The New York Times on how social distancing has offered a respite from racism in his daily life.
The Washington Post published a letter to Joe Biden advocating for public schools that was signed by 215 public education advocates, including USC Annenberg faculty members Larry Gross, Christina Dunbar-Hester and Miki Taylor.