Twenty three arts journalists have been chosen from 16 states to participate as fellows in the fifth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg

Several intellectuals and arts professionals, including Tavis Smiley, shared their hopes and admonitions for America’s future on Feb. 27 as the Tavis Smiley Foundation presented the Young Scholars Forum as part of the 10th anniversary State of the Black Union symposium at USC’s Bovard Auditorium

USC Annenberg and the Los Angeles chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) brought together industry analysts and professionals for the 19th annual Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium to discuss one of the foremost question in the minds of public relations practitioners, “Global Recession: Public Relations Calamity or Opportunity?”

As part of the Johnson Communication Leadership Forum, a panel of political analysts, moderated by Johnson Communication Leadership Center director and communication professor Christopher Holmes Smith (pictured), convened to confer on issues of the new administration in the discussion “A More Perfect Union? Race and Politics in the Age of Obama”

USC Annenberg welcomed Bill Schneider, one of the country's leading political commentators and CNN's senior political analyst, to the Journalism Director’s Forum on Feb. 24 to talk about American politics and media

The study, performed by Jerry Swerling and the USC Annenberg Strategic Communication and PR Center, provides valuable and timely information to PR/communication departments of organizations to assist them in developing robust communication strategies

The collective wisdom of CMGT 536 (Team Communication and Leadership), led by communication professor Andrea Hollingshead, produced a finalist in this week's New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

USC Annenberg executive in residence David Westphal said today on the public radio program "Marketplace" the debt of companies that own major metro newspapers is the reason they are in trouble