Lauren Wesley Wilson literally changed the communications industry over lunch. In 2011, Wilson was working at an agency and realized that nobody in executive or senior leadership looked like her. She gathered 34 women of color for a networking lunch she called ColorComm. They listened to speakers, shared media contacts, and talked job opportunities. Everybody left wanting to do it again....
I’ve long been a fan of the weekly “Lunch with the FT” column. It is a Saturday ritual to sit down with a cup of coffee and gain insight into that week’s interview subject. Earlier this year, I was fascinated by the interview with Hannah Fry,1 an accomplished mathematician whose achievements are numerous. Not only is Fry the author of several books, the host of a TED Talk on “The Mathematics...
After observing the low numbers of women on corporate boards for decades, Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire jotted herself a note on a napkin during a coffee conversation about the phenomenon. Ever the optimist, Berkhemer-Credaire’s note focused on a potential solution: “Why can’t there be a law in California, like in Europe, requiring women on boards?”
Several European countries had already...
It’s hard to offer predictions in a world still navigating a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. But, if I were to bet on one thing it would be the USC Annenberg Class of 2022. With all their passion, purpose and mission-critical communication skills, I believe they will command our attention in the next year and beyond.
As Melissa Waggener Zorkin, global CEO and founder of WE Communications...
The pandemic gave birth to a new form of creativity — restricted by quarantine, born of loneliness, and inspired by fear. We saw it in ourselves, our friends and our artists.
No one captured the zeitgeist of our year-long isolation better than Bo Burnham with his Netflix special, “Inside.” For a millennial who has been open about his mental health problems, the pandemic provided the...
The Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication (ANNCCC) enables scholars to think and work across institutional, geographic and disciplinary divides. Jointly established by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication , the center’s faculty and doctoral students seek to... Read more
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Christopher Holmes Smith (founding faculty lead), 2014–2021Research Assistants
Lindsey Hart , Fall 2014 Alissa Arnold , Fall 2014 Daisy Ramirez , 2015 Claudia Klett , 2016–2018Co-Directors
Lauren Bickford (founding co-director), 2016–2018 Celestine Yeh (founding co-director), 2016–2018 Briana Grubb , 2018–2019 Andie Wright 2018–2019... Read moreAt the Health Equity and Media Collaborative , we conduct community-engaged research, leveraging communication science, new media and technology to address pernicious public health challenges. We amplify the voices, expertise and innovation of African American, Latino/a and other youth of color to address health disparities and fight for health equity... Read more