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How USC is transforming local journalists into data storytelling powerhouses
February 26, 2025

Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism and Co-Director of the M{2e} program; Innovations Manager for the Annenberg Innovation Lab Gabriel Kahn was interviewed in an article about his work with data science colleagues at USC to create new journalism tools for data compilation and newsletter aggregation through Xtown Media, LLC. 
 

TheWrap
In Focus: Women filmmakers may still be few and far between, but their outsized impact is being felt this awards season
February 24, 2025

The most recent edition of the "Inclusion in the Director's Chair" report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative was cited in a story about how women filmmakers have left a powerful mark on this awards season.

Los Angeles Sentinel
USC’s Charlotta Bass Day Honors Black Journalism with Philonise Floyd and Lee Merritt
February 19, 2025

The USC Annenberg Charlotta Bass Journalism & Justice Lab's The Second Draft Project was mentioned in an article about the lab's 2025 Charlotta Bass Day celebration, featuring social justice advocate Philonise Floyd and Atty. S. Lee Merritt.

The Guardian
Women achieve gender parity with men in US big screen lead roles for first time
February 11, 2025

Findings from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's report examining the 100 top-grossing films in 2024, led by the Initiative's founder and Associate Professor of Communication Stacy L. Smith, were featured in an article focusing on the gender parity achieved in 2024, but also the lack of representation for people of color across the same films.