Honors accumulate for Truthdig, a news website with USC Annenberg connections.
Below: Complete texts of brief speeches from Truthdig’s Webby Award wins.
“You can handle the truth.”
ZUADE KAUFMAN (M.A. PRINT JOURNALISM ’05), PUBLISHER BEST POLITICAL BLOG, PEOPLE’S VOICE, 2014
“This one’s for Bradley Manning.”
PETER Z. SCHEER (B.A. COMMUNICATION ’04),...
In 1975 in the developed world, the average person spent 16 hours a week in front of a screen. Last year that amount increased to 47 hours.
In the next three to four years we expect to see it increase to 56 hours. Even if you ignore the projection, at 47 hours we are now in front of a screen more than one-quarter of all time. And if you factor in sleep, our time in front of the screen...
Annenberg students brought the ambitions and activism of 1930s and '40s Mexican American student media into the digital age in the "Echoes of The Mexican Voice" class taught by Professors Félix...
A remarkable transformation is taking place in the heart of Los Angeles.
Over the last 10 years, Downtown L.A. became vibrant as it built ties to the south, reaching USC and Exposition Park.
Now, from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the California Science Center, a dynamic innovation corridor is just beginning to flourish, receiving a boost in May as the Los Angeles City...
Grammy-winning musician and producer T Bone Burnett delivered the School of Communication’s Commencement address, May 16, 2014. The following is a transcription of his speech. I am happy and grateful to be here at this moment of immense possibility. I’m going to start here — with the movie, The Graduate. This morning, I have one word...