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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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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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L.A. River Collaborative Hosts River Bike + Walk Spectacular to Build Momentum for a “Riverfront District” in Northeast Los Angeles

Los Angeles—On Saturday, April 27, over 200 cyclists, pedestrians and community members are expected to attend a fun-packed day full of family activities, a community fair, bike rides, walk routes, a live collective mapping project and an outdoor movie screening … Continue reading

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Associate Professor Josh Kun quoted in the Huffington Post about Coachella music festival

By Alex Reed Student Writer USC Annenberg Associate Professor Josh Kun was a quoted in a Huffington Post story about the evolution of the annual, two-weekend Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival that begins on April 12. Kun pointed out … Continue reading

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PBS MediaShift highlights Professor Erna Smith’s South African travels with students

By Olivia Niland Student Writer USC Annenberg Professor Erna Smith was recently featured in a PBS MediaShift article, which highlighted the work of journalism students traveling abroad. For the past five years, Smith has advised groups of USC graduate journalism … Continue reading

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Professor K.C. Cole writes op-ed about social networking for the LA Times

By Alex Reed Student Writer The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed by USC Annenberg Professor K.C. Cole about her views and use of social networking. While Cole recognized that the world has become increasingly digital, she admitted that she … Continue reading

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Dean Wilson writes about the second wave of the digital divide

Dean Ernest J. Wilson III wrote about possible solutions to the problem of declining minority media ownership and positions of senior leadership in a Feb. 17 article in The Root. Dean Wilson wrote about the “scissors effect” of black consumption … Continue reading

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USC Annenberg remembers adjunct professor Michael Parrish

By Alex Reed Student Writer USC Annenberg remembers the life of adjunct journalism professor and founding editor of the Los Angeles Times Magazine Michael Parrish. He died on Friday, Feb. 8. He was 67. According to his obituary in the Los … Continue reading

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USC Annenberg helps lead Los Angeles collaborative $2.25 million federal partnership to help the Northeast LA River communities

Editor’s Note: This event was rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14. USC Annenberg’s Metamorphosis Project, directed by Professor Sandra Ball-Rokeach, is a key collaborative partner on a project that aims to remake the Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) River and its surrounding … Continue reading

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New York Times highlights Annenberg Innovation Lab’s fight against online piracy

The New York Times featured the Annenberg Innovation Lab and director Jonathan Taplin in a piece concerning online advertising and Internet piracy. The story focuses upon the report published earlier this month by the Innovation Lab that ranked ad networks, … Continue reading

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