Featured Digital / Media News

Judy Woodruff: Public Broadcasting Has Changed for the Good

Offering a perspective from the front lines of journalism, veteran Washington reporter Judy Woodruff gave an insider’s view of how public broadcasting has transformed to adapt to a changed news world, as she delivered the James L. Loper Lecture in Public Service Broadcasting at USC.

USC Shoah Foundation Institute Launches IWitness

More than 350 New York high school students had watched parts of Holocaust survivor Roman Kent’s video testimony about living in Lodz, Poland, when the Germans invaded during World War II.

SCA's Alternate Reality Game: Let's Make a Deal

In addition to the traditional classes during the fall semester, the USC School of Cinematic Arts launched "Reality Ends Here," a 15-week alternate reality game that stressed collaborative production.

Is America at a Digital Turning Point?

Americans love online technology, but it may come at a cost to their personal and professional lives.

Public Diplomacy Students Travel to India

USC Annenberg graduate students embark on a research trip to India and blog about the country's public diplomacy efforts.

Making a Case for Open Journalism

Melanie Sill, executive-in-residence at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, has written a paper that argues for a shift to open journalism that embraces the potential of two-way, digital communication to strengthen connections with citizens and consumers.

KUSC Nabs National Awards

Classical KUSC took home two first place national awards at the Los Angeles Press Club’s fourth annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards competition on Nov. 17.

How Social Media Have Changed Sports

A panel of sports team owners, executives and the Los Angeles Times sports editor spoke candidly about the future of team ownership and new media’s impact on the industry at a USC Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society event held on Nov. 8.

Communication Class Creates a Digital App for Students

Students in an advanced social media class at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism told professor Kathi Inman Berens that they wanted to learn how to develop websites and applications this semester.

Knight Luce Fellowship Applications Available

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism announced that applications are being accepted for the 2012 Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion.

Technology Drives New eBook on America’s Musical Past

USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism professor Jonathan Taplin’s enhanced eBook about the 1960s and ’70s music revolution allows readers to experience the era’s memorable sights and sounds through embedded videos and songs.

Journalist Auletta Offers Insight on Google

Ken Auletta, best-selling author and award-winning journalist for The New Yorker, talked about his profiles of powerful media moguls, pondered the future of information and offered advice to USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism students on Sept. 22.

PR Industry Supports USC Annenberg Study

Four professional organizations in the communication/public relations industry are joining forces to support the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism’s Strategic Communication and Public Relations Center’s seventh Generally Accepted Practices study.

USC Annenberg to Celebrate Communication Studies Anniversary

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its International Communication Studies Program at a gala reception and dinner on campus Sept. 9.

Journalism Students Gain Valuable Experience a World Away

A group of 18 journalism, public relations and communication students from the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism recently returned home from a successful summer internship in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Race and Cyberspace

The screen image showed a sādhu - or wandering monk - in India using a large mobile phone and a fisherman who lives in a hut on a beach near Nagapattinam, India, talking on his cell.

KUSC Tops in Public Radio

Classical KUSC is No. 1 … again. According to national ratings announced by Arbitron, it was the top-ranked public radio station in Los Angeles in five key categories.

Little Stories Still Make a Big Difference

A new book by USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism professor Judy Muller proves that America’s new news ecology may have turned mainstream media on its head, but it’s leaving plenty of room for small-town weeklies.

USC Annenberg Trains Teachers in Journalism

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism partnered with the nonprofit Student Voice Project to host journalism training for teachers at Los Angeles high schools.

USC Teams With New York Times Knowledge Network

The New York Times Knowledge Network and USC have joined forces to establish and offer a new extensive online continuing education program.

USC Annenberg Program Launches 'Pop-up' Newsroom

The arts journalism program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism has launched Engine28, a “pop-up” newsroom designed to give extensive and thorough coverage of theatre in Los Angeles.

FCC Report Highlights Work by USC Researchers

Cinny Kennard, a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, was a key member of the working group that conducted research for a new Federal Communications Commission report.

Promising Ideas for Mobile News Apps

Seventeen journalism, communication, engineering and business students from USC presented to four news organizations new concepts, backed by research, for mobile news applications tailored for each of their operations.

Boyle Heights Newspaper Connects Teens to Community

Fourteen high school students have banded together to learn about journalism and use their newfound knowledge to shine a light on the East Los Angeles community of Boyle Heights, a Latino community that garners meager positive attention from the media.

Online Communication Master's Program Set to Launch in Fall

USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism is set to launch an online version of its Master of Communication Management program this fall.

Festival of Books a Success

At the opening of the 16th Festival of Books on the University Park campus this past weekend, USC president C. L. Max Nikias and Los Angeles Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein said it was fitting that the two institutions had joined forces for the sprawling, well-loved event.

Sportswriter Abrahamson Joins USC Annenberg

As USC Annenberg continues to expand its sports journalism program, the school announced the appointment of Alan Abrahamson, veteran Olympics reporter, award-winning sportswriter and best-selling author.

Undergraduate Named Student Journalist of the Year

The National Association of Black Journalists has chosen Ashley Michelle Williams as one of the recipients of its Student Journalist of the Year Award.

How to Succeed in Today’s Media Economy

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism hosted its first Economist in Residence presentation on April 7 featuring David C. McCourt, founder and chief executive officer of Granahan McCourt Capital.

USC Journalism Students Receive Diversity Education

As part of the diversity initiative at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, the School of Journalism has been educating new students with a “fault lines” approach.

Bell Corruption Story Rings Out Anew

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism presented Los Angeles Times journalists Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, who covered municipal corruption in the city of Bell, with the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting on March 25.

Scripps Names Joe Saltzman Teacher of the Year

USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism professor Joe Saltzman has been named the national 2010 Journalism and Mass Communication Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation.

Mobile MAT@USC Learning Management System Available

The USC Rossier School of Education released a native application for the iOS platform, which brings the groundbreaking online learning platform for its Master of Arts in Teaching program, MAT@USC, to the iPhone and iPad.

Game On at Developers Conference

Students, faculty and alumni from the Interactive Media Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts joined a record-setting audience of 19,000 for the 25th edition of the Game Developers Conference held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

MAT@USC Wins 2011 Innovation Award

MAT@USC, the USC Rossier School of Education’s online master of arts in teaching program, was honored with a 2011 International Award for Innovative Practices in Higher Education in Washington, D.C., for melding new technologies with hands-on classroom teaching experience.

A News Medium in Which You Are There

USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism senior research fellow Nonny de la Peña has been gaining attention for her work developing immersive journalism.

L.A. Times Journalists Win 2011 Selden Ring Award

A team of reporters from the Los Angeles Times has been awarded the 2011 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism announced.

‘Danger Copter’ to the Rescue

Five USC School of Cinematic Arts students were front and center as interactive media design took a big step forward earlier this month.

Trojan Vision Receives Two Top Honors

It's awards season in Hollywood and Trojan Vision - USC’s television station - has brought home accolades of its own.

Pug Attack Ad Scores at Super Bowl

USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni and students scored big at the Super Bowl with “Pug Attack," the top-ranked USA Today Ad Meter commercial.

Newsonomics Author Visits USC Annenberg

Ken Doctor, author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get, visited the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Magazine Lauds USC Annenberg Professor

Prospect magazine named Henry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts, No. 3 on its list of top 10 "brains" of the digital future.

USC Annenberg Students Succeed in a Marketing Campaign

Fox Sports West is developing a new campaign to promote its Web site with the help of a USC Annenberg communication management class that worked through the fall semester to conduct in-depth research and pitch proposals aimed at boosting the network's Web traffic.

Taking a Radical Approach

A quarter of a century is a long time for a publication to run, but Free Radical Biology & Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, just marked that milestone.

Grant to Support Reporting on Religion

USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism professor Diane Winston, who holds the Knight Chair in Media and Religion, has received a $300,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to promote excellence in journalism.

Writing Class Takes on Cyberbullying

In response to the string of recent LGBT teen suicides, a group of students and advisers in one USC College writing course have created a service project for victims of cyberbullying.

USC Annenberg Project Wins New Media Award

The Tiziano Project, a nonprofit collaborative media organization staffed or directed by USC Annenberg alumni and students, recently won the New Media Institute’s “Best in Industry” New Media Award in the culture/multimedia storytelling category.

USC Annenberg Launches Innovation Lab

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism announced the launch of a social and technological innovation lab that will develop projects with both a real-world application and a societal impact.

Selling Health Through Entertainment

USC students who developed a video game that encourages children to exercise while educating them about nutrition captured the top two prizes in a national competition.

USC Annenberg Student Wins Newswriting Award

Evan Pondel, a student in the specialized journalism master’s program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, has won first place in a nationwide religion reporting competition.

A (Web) Site to Behold

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism has launched an innovative news site that aims to cover news and be a multilingual voice for local storytellers.

New York Times Turns to USC for Katrina Feature

The New York Times marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s impact on New Orleans with an extensive video package drawn from the work and words of USC College geographer Andrew Curtis.

USC Launches Official Facebook Page

USC has launched its official Facebook page to connect with the university’s students, alumni, faculty, staff and fans.

Bouman Wins Entertainment Education Award

Martine Bouman of the Netherlands has won the 2010 Everett M. Rogers Award for Achievement in Entertainment Education.

Journalism Class to Test iPad as Reporting Tool

The iPad tablet computer has changed the way many people consume news, but a USC Annenberg journalism class starting this fall will explore how the device might also change the way news is reported.

Can Technology Save Local News?

While revenues decline for traditional media organizations despite high demand for news and information, technology and innovation may be saving local news.

Turning an Idea Into a Business

Steve Gatena ’10 and USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism undergraduate Andy McNeil had a great idea for a new business, but did not know how to turn it into a reality.

Online Classmates Meet in the Real World

More than 30 current MAT@USC students who have been communicating with their classmates via live online video chats, instant messaging and breakout video group discussions got the chance to meet up in person on July 23.

Study Finds Negative Reaction to Online Ads

Millions of Americans use Twitter - just don't ask any of them to pay for it.

Finance Journalist to Join USC Annenberg

Journalist Gabriel Kahn will join a team of USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism faculty in August.

Luce Grant to Fund Religion Reporting

The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded USC journalism professor Diane Winston a two-year $395,000 grant to support multiple initiatives.

This Just In …

The Los Angeles Press Club recognized USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism students, faculty and alumni with several honors at the 52nd annual Southern California Journalism Awards.

Conference Promotes Use of New Media in Education

Nearly 400 scholars, educational administrators and technology specialists gathered in Anaheim from June 8-12 for the 2010 New Media Consortium Summer Conference.

Klein Joins Center on Communication Leadership

Jeffrey S. Klein, a former senior executive with the Los Angeles Times and Times Mirror, has joined the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy as the 2010-11 executive in residence.

The Picassos of Art History

Since its founding in 1913, The Art Bulletin has for the first time tapped a West Coast scholar to lead art history's premiere journal in the English language.

Religion, Politics, Relevance

Journalism professor Diane Winston leads USC Annenberg students on a revelatory journey to Israel and the West Bank.

Software Creates Noise in the Industry

USC Thornton School of Music professor Brian Shepard will be honored with the 2010 Internet2 IDEA award, one of the highest accolades in the advanced networking industry.

Impact Takes First Place at College Awards

USC Annenberg program captures top honors in the news magazine division.

Miller Uncovers the 'Hidden War'

USC Annenberg recognizes the investigative journalism reporter who uncovered the deaths of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gender Differences Emerge on Social Networks

In a sharp reversal over the past three years, many more young women than men report feeling as strongly about their Internet communities as their real-world ones.

Staff Chosen for Health Reporting Center

The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism has announced the hiring of top editors and reporters from around the nation to staff the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting.

USC Annenberg Launches Multimedia Series

‘Hunger in the Golden State’ reveals that hunger is growing at an unprecedented rate across the country.

New Media Workshop Spurs Call for Collaborations

Gathering of new media and health researchers confirms heavy interest in joint projects as the provost’s office announces a fund to help develop new research communities.

USC Professor Hosts Online Conference

Welcome to the emerging world of online conferences for the humanities.

Cinematic Arts Tops Game Design List

The USC School of Cinematic Arts ranks No. 1 on a list saluting the 50 best undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada to study game design, according to The Princeton Review.

Lessons to be Learned by Legacy Media

J-Lab executive director Jan Schaffer told a crowd of USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism students and faculty on Feb. 24 that traditional media outlets can learn entrepreneurial lessons from community news Web sites.

In a Smart Move, USC Goes Mobile

Your smart phone just got a whole lot smarter, thanks to USCmobile — developed by ITS Web Services as a free resource for the university community.

T. Christian Miller Wins Selden Ring Award

T. Christian Miller, a senior reporter for the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times, has won the 2010 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting.

Conducting ‘Top Secret Talks’

With the nation involved in two wars and facing continuing threats of terrorism, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy will present “Top Secret Talks."

KUSC Posts Winter Record Membership Drive

Classical KUSC 91.5 (FM) reached a record-setting 10,408 pledges during its winter membership drive this month, raising $1,123,869 for the station.

SoCal Connects With USC Annenberg on Web

The award-winning KCET series SoCal Connected announced an online partnership with the News21 team at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism on Feb. 11.

Murder, They Write

The Los Angeles Times and USC Annenberg’s online news source Neon Tommy have begun a collaboration that enables student reporters to produce stories for the newspaper’s Homicide Report blog.

Forbidden Documentary to Debut

“I found these paintings rolled up under the beds of old widows, buried in family trash. These were forbidden works, by artists who stayed true to their vision at a terrible cost.

Government Support of News Media Declines

Government financial support that has bolstered this country’s commercial news business since its colonial days is in sharp decline and likely to fall further.

New Course Preps Students for Environmental PR

USC Annenberg has created an environmental public relations course - the first of its kind at a major research university.

Long After Ellis Island

Mexicans seeking U.S. citizenship often view the interview process as arbitrary and say Latino officers who administer the tests are usually the toughest, USC College Ph.D. student Adri�n F�lix wrote in an essay.

Three Senior Fellows Join USC Center

A top news executive and two leading global policymakers have been appointed 2010-2011 senior fellows of the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Helping Others Tell Their Story

The Tiziano Project was awarded a $25,000 grant that will be used to establish a three-month journalism training program for youth in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Women Outplay Men in Virtual World

They may not admit it, but female players of a large online game are more hardcore than men or teenagers, according to a sociologist of virtual worlds.

Old Books vs. E-Books

Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Libraries and historian of print culture, discussed “Old Books and E-Books” in the Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall as part of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute’s distinguished lecture series.

Comic Capers

Comic books are not solely about superheroes anymore. Nor are they reserved for children.

Undergrad Education in 360 Degrees

A comprehensive new Web site designed to capture USC’s vibrant and wide-ranging undergraduate experience has debuted at http://undergrad.usc.edu

After 50 Years, Barbie’s Still a Living Doll

When it comes to global influence, few brands can claim the reach of Mattel’s Barbie, which for generations has shaped the lives and ambitions of children around the world.

USC Annenberg Magazine Goes Global

Impact, the award-winning television newsmagazine produced at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, is going global.

Talk About a Tough Sell

Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton spoke with a class of USC Annenberg students about his efforts to resurrect the newspaper.

Essay Cites Gender Bias in Media

Three fellows from the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism have written an essay included in a report released by California’s first lady Maria Shriver.

New Multimedia Site Inspires and Celebrates

As unsung heroes go, nary a note is heard in support of this country’s teachers. But, soon, thanks to a new multimedia Web site readying to launch in conjunction with the USC Rossier School of Education, teachers may finally get the recognition they deserve.

Dean Wilson Elected to Top Broadcast Post

USC Annenberg School for Communication Dean Ernest J. Wilson III was elected chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board by unanimous consent on Sept. 16.

A New Way for Scholars to Communicate

USC is among a group of 35 leading research universities that have joined to create Futurity, an online research news site covering the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health, society, culture and more.

KUSC No. 1 in Latest Ratings

Classical KUSC was the top-ranked public radio station in the country during the spring quarter, according to the latest national ratings released by the Arbitron company.

How Tweet It Is

Incoming first-year graduate journalism student reporters spent a recent day busing, walking and “tweeting” around various sections of Los Angeles as part of an orientation assignment at the USC Annenberg School for Communication.

Kit Rachlis Joins USC Annenberg

Award-winning editor Kit Rachlis has been appointed a 2009-10 senior fellow of the USC Annenberg School for Communication’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.

USC-based Dental Journal Makes an Impact

A USC-led publication is the top dental research journal in three measurement categories - a feat never previously accomplished by any other dental journal - according to the 2008 ISI Journal Citation Reports.

Video Game Minority Report

If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past.

The IJPC Journal Publishes First Volume

The IJPC Journal, an online academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review, has published its first volume for 2009.

Philanthropic Support Grows for Journalism

Philanthropic foundations are taking unprecedented steps to address the crisis in journalism and “serve as a firewall against the disappearance of critical news and information,” according to a new report from the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the USC Annenberg School for Communication.

Conversation With Geoffrey Baum

Norman Corwin, Writer in Residence from the USC Annenberg School for Communication, interviewed Geoffrey Baum, the managing director of USC Annenberg’s new Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.

In Memoriam: Herbert G. Klein, 91

Herbert G. Klein, a veteran journalist and the White House’s first director of communications, died on July 2. He was 91.

Family Time Decreases With Internet Use

More and more of America’s Internet-connected households report erosion of face-to-face family time, increased feelings of being ignored by family members using the Web and growing concerns that children are spending too much time online.

Digital Expert to Join USC Marshall

Innovative digital entertainment industry leader Lucy Hood has been appointed executive director of the Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM) and assistant professor of clinical management and organization at the USC Marshall School of Business.

USC Center to Study News Woes

From a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on the future of journalism to a new tax cut for newspapers, policymakers nationwide are responding to the crisis facing the news business.

KUSC Extends Central Coast Service

Classical KUSC 91.5 (FM) has expanded its service to the central coast, according to station president Brenda Barnes.

New Project Tells Stories of South Los Angeles

To give the communities around USC’s campus an information source and an independent voice, the USC Annenberg School for Communication launched Intersections: The South Los Angeles Reporting Project on May 5.

Digital Journalists Head to Boot Camp

Fifteen digital journalists from 10 states have been selected for the inaugural class of the Knight Digital Media Center’s News Entrepreneur Boot Camp. Through an intense week of training in audience development, market research, legal issues, entrepreneurial decision-making and business...

Six Technologies to Change Education

A recently released report profiles six emerging technologies expected to have an impact on universities over the next five years.

Oral History Paints a Vivid Picture

New Destinations in Oral History conference to be held at Doheny Memorial Library. Panels will cover topics of broad local and regional interest.

USC Annenberg Journal Gets Upgrade

The school announces an enhanced online resource for its journal on information and communication technologies.

Kennard Appointed Senior Fellow at USC

Center on Communication Leadership and Policy will develop a new program on women and communication leadership.

Shedding Light on History’s Darkest Hours

Spell Your Name, a Holocaust documentary filmed in Ukraine, was created using the USC Shoah Foundation Institute archive.

Computer Exercises Improve Memory

Nearly 500 adults over 65 participate in a controlled trial. Half of them use a fitness program intended to ‘retrain the brain’ over the course of eight weeks.

Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Starting next month, a Home 3-D Experience Lab at USC will explore the promise of new innovations for the consumer.

Selden Ring Award Goes to Newsday Duo

The annual USC Annenberg honor recognizes two New York journalists who uncovered corruption in Long Island government districts.

USC Launches Public Diplomacy Magazine

PD unites scholarship and practice in the first publication dedicated to the emerging field.

Social Work Acquires 3 Academic Journals

The publications, housed at the school's Hamovitch Center for Science in the Human Services, link academic disciplines, present innovative research and provide new insights.

USC Annenberg Launches News Site

Built for a fast-paced world of breaking stories, the multimedia operation offers news and commentary produced by students.

Words Matter for Slumdog Millionaire

Writers Vikas Swarup and Simon Beaufoy win the 2009 USC Libraries Scripter Award.