Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:06:20 -0800 Impact, the Emmy Award-wining television newsmagazine produced at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, is going global. Distributor Global Broadcasting has picked up the series to run in several countries throughout Europe. “It’s a wonderful notch on our students’ belts to say that they are part of something]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_annenberg_magazine_goes_global.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_annenberg_magazine_goes_global.html#15236 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:22 -0800 Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton spoke with a class of USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism students on Oct. 21 about his efforts to resurrect the newspaper, his goals for the future and how he keeps morale high during a notoriously difficult time. “It’s like flying a 747]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/talk_about_a_tough_sell.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/talk_about_a_tough_sell.html#14846 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:39:06 -0800 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 Oct. 15 by California’s first lady Maria Shriver. Shriver is working with the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy and the Center for]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/essay_cites_gender_bias_in_media.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/essay_cites_gender_bias_in_media.html#14574 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:42:07 -0800 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. MyTeacherMyHero.com, sponsored by USC Rossier’s new]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/new_multimedia_site_inspires_and_celebrates.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/new_multimedia_site_inspires_and_celebrates.html#14437 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:46:19 -0800 Two leading media architects visited the USC Annenberg for Communication Sept. 24 for a conversation with communication professor Jonathan Taplin about the long-term future of media in the digital age. “The Art of the Long View: The Media Company of 2020 With Peter Chernin and Gordon Crawford” was the first]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/whats_in_the_medias_future.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/whats_in_the_medias_future.html#14103 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:56:01 -0800 Spot.Us, the community funded journalism project founded less than a year ago in San Francisco, announced it is expanding to Los Angeles through a collaboration with the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. The partnership, which will integrate Spot.Us’ innovative news delivery method with the journalism academy and strengthen ties to]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/journalism_project_spotus_teams_with_usc_annenberg.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/journalism_project_spotus_teams_with_usc_annenberg.html#14096 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:34:35 -0800 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. In his acceptance speech, Wilson said that “the stars are aligned as perhaps they have not been since 1967” to reimagine the future of]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/dean_wilson_elected_head_of_board.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/dean_wilson_elected_head_of_board.html#13805 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:03:54 -0800 USC is among a group of 35 leading research universities that have joined to create Futurity (www.futurity.org), an online research news site covering the latest discoveries in science, engineering, the environment, health, society, culture and more. In recent months, Futurity.org has featured a number of studies by USC researchers, including]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/a_new_way_for_scholars_to_communicate.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/a_new_way_for_scholars_to_communicate.html#13642 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:30:00 -0800 http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/kusc_no_1_in_latest_ratings.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/kusc_no_1_in_latest_ratings.html#13304 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:18:09 -0800 Incoming first-year graduate journalism student reporters spent a recent day busing, walking and “tweeting” around various sections of Los Angeles — from Skid Row to the La Brea Tar Pits to Watts — as part of an orientation assignment at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Groups of about 10]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/how_tweet_it_is.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/how_tweet_it_is.html#13230 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:39:06 -0800 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. In that role, he will help lead a series of discussions and projects in the area of arts, politics and society. Rachlis joins the center after]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/kit_rachlis_joins_usc_annenberg.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/kit_rachlis_joins_usc_annenberg.html#12987 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:33:20 -0800 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. In that year, Periodontology 2000 achieved the highest impact factor, immediacy index and article influence score out]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc-based_dental_journal_makes_an_impact.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc-based_dental_journal_makes_an_impact.html#12950 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:30:00 -0800 If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past. The first comprehensive survey of video game characters, encompassing the top 150 games in a year across nine platforms and all rating levels, and weighted by each title’s popularity, shows that the video]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/video_game_minority_report.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/video_game_minority_report.html#12679 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:46:13 -0800 The IJPC Journal, an online academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review, has published its first volume for 2009. “When I started the Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Project in 2000, I never thought the field would grow so large so fast,” said USC]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/the_ijpc_journal_publishes_first_volume.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/the_ijpc_journal_publishes_first_volume.html#12618 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:49:40 -0800 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. The report is authored by]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/philanthropic_support_grows_for_journalism.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/philanthropic_support_grows_for_journalism.html#12244