When I was in the MCM program, I found the evening class offerings to be extremely advantageous, as I was able to complete several internships that helped me understand the skills I needed to succeed in Hollywood. I also learned very quickly that my college resume didn’t present my abilities in a way that was desirable to employers, so I had to revamp it completely to reflect the skills I was...
J’Net Nguyen is a recent graduate of the MCM program. She founded LineAngel, a mobile marketplace helping busy people save time by connecting with nearby, on-demand line sitters for events and product launches. LineAngel has been featured on CNN, PBS, NPR, FOX, ABC and The Guardian. J’Net is also an independent buyer and seller, specializing in high-end apparel and accessories. Both companies...
Highlights from the Annenberg Works Fall Career Conference (Friday, October 16, 2015).
Special thank you to Miracle McClain (Corporate Liaison, USC Annenberg), Celeste Gehring (VP, Events & Field Production, FOX Sports), Abby Harris (Brand Manager, Maker Studios) and the various other professionals, professors, and students who contributed to the highlight reel!
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A few words of advice from MCM Alum, Brooke Kennedy
Utilize your time in class – no matter how painful some may be
Looking back on my time in the MCM program, there isn’t one specific thing that I miss the most, but I encourage you to take advantage of everything while you’re there. As some of you may know, life tends to get busy and it’s easy to fall into a routine where you...
While many of you had your sights set on graduate school for years, maybe even most of your life, I did not know that it would have any place in my life until two days before the USC Fall 2014 semester started…
I spent my undergraduate career at UCLA, planning on double-majoring in psychology and communications. Applying to a graduate program was not even on my radar, but when my...
When I first received a request to submit to Anennberg’s new blog, my immediate response was one that surprised me. I reverted back to my days as a student when receiving an assignment. I hurriedly typed in an email, “How many words does this require?” Embarrassingly, I even included a variation of, “Can you provide more clarification on the prompt?”
Although initially overwhelmed by...
Define entertainment, produce a documentary, 3 people, 2 minutes, 2 weeks. That was all the direction we had from Professor Craig in our CMGT 586 course on Entertainment Theory, Industry and Practice. It sounded like fun, and producing this with our friends in MCM sounded even better.
We should have known better.
We agreed that we needed to filter through mass opinion and come...
I’m not ashamed to say my first day at Annenberg evoked feelings similar to those of my first day at a new high school – a nerve-racking, unfamiliar time with new teachers, students, and experiences. It wasn't until our two-hour orientation session that I realized the biggest difference (aside from the fact that I was 25, and not 14) was that I had already begun building relationships long...
