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New study from USC Annenberg Professor Smith shows that popular films feature fewer female characters

By Alex Reed Student Writer The Huffington Post featured an op-ed from USC Annenberg Professor Stacy Smith on her latest study that showed that the number of women in popular films over the last five years has remained around 30 … Continue reading

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NPR runs story from USC Annenberg Reporting on Health Collaborative

By Alex Reed Student Writer On May 13, NPR ran a story by Rebecca Plevin of KPVR and the USC Annenberg Reporting on Health Collaborative. The story addresses the mysterious spike in cases of Valley Fever in California and Arizona. … Continue reading

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FCC’s Zachary Katz Named Senior Fellow of USC Annenberg’s Center on Communication Leadership & Policy

Zachary Katz, the respected Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission, has been appointed a Senior Fellow of the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The … Continue reading

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KPCC’s “Airtalk” talks with Clayton Dube about the Chinese film industry

By Alex Reed Student Writer Last week, KPCC’s “Airtalk” spoke with Clayton Dube, executive director of the USC U.S.-China Institute, about Hollywood’s efforts to capitalize on the growing film market in China. According to Dube, the Chinese film market is … Continue reading

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CHCF Center for Health Reporting releases new ‘Ask Emily’ column

By Alex Reed Student Writer Today, USC Annenberg’s California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting released a new “Ask Emily” column. The bi-weekly column, written by senior writer Emily Bazar, aims to answer questions about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). … Continue reading

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USC Annenberg grad is the LA Dodgers’ “digital cheerleader”

By Alex Reed Student Writer LA Weekly’s Howard Cole profiled USC Annenberg Graduate Josh Tucker (’11), who is now working as the social media coordinator for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tucker has gathered a following of more than 250,000 on … Continue reading

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Professor Sigismondi attends Digital Hollywood spring conference

By Alex Reed Student Writer Last week, USC Annenberg Professor Paolo Sigismondi attended and participated in the Digital Hollywood spring conference in Marina Del Ray. Sigismondi participated in two think tanks at the four-day conference: “Hollywood Advertising: Brands, Agencies, Networks, … Continue reading

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Truthdig wins 5th Webby Award for Best Political Website

By Alex Reed Student Writer On Tuesday, the winners of the 2013 Webby Awards were announced and Truthdig, a news website founded by USC Annenberg professor Robert Scheer and alumna Zuade Kaufman, took home its 5th Webby Award for best … Continue reading

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HH&S Director Buffington Gives Presentation at Genomes Environments Traits Conference in Boston

Amid all the talk about DNA, double helixes and genetic variations at the Genomes Environments Traits Conference in Boston was a bit of entertainment industry sizzle, as Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington delivered a presentation on … Continue reading

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Norman Lear Center to create program that will measure the impact of media

By Alex Reed Student Writer USC Annenberg’s Normal Lear Center was featured in a Los Angeles Times article about their new program that will act as “global hub” for measuring the impact of media. “The metrics that have been used … Continue reading

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