Media Highlights

Los Angeles Times
Solidarity, or joining the ‘bandwagon’? Some corporate activism backfires amid protests.
June 1, 2020

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
Protesters call for economic boycott
May 30, 2020

NBC Los Angeles interviewed Allissa Richardson about the effectiveness of economic boycotts in driving societal change.

Deadspin
Colin Kaepernick tried to save George Floyd. They called him 'son of a bitch' and took his career.
May 30, 2020

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'
How video evidence can work for and against African Americans facing police violence
May 29, 2020

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.

The Conversation
Reflecting on the case of Cyntoia Brown — talking with the director of ‘Murder to Mercy’
May 29, 2020

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
It’s time to listen to the doomsday planners
May 29, 2020

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
instagram now says it will make it easier for influencers to have more direct revenue from viewers
May 28, 2020

KPCC-FM interviewed David Craig about Instagram testing potential new revenue streams, including ads on IGTV.

The Conversation
Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs
May 28, 2020

Allissa Richardson wrote an article for The Conversation that explores how technology complicates Black witnessing of police and vigilante violence.

USA Today
Trump vs. Twitter: What 'big action' does president plan for social media networks?
May 27, 2020

USA Today quoted Karen North on President Trump's executive order against social media companies.

The New York Times
I have not missed the Amy Coopers of the world
May 26, 2020

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.

Washington Post
‘The future of public education is at stake’: An open letter to Joe Biden from 215 school advocates
May 26, 2020

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 GrossChristina Dunbar-Hester and Miki Taylor.

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