As part of its conference series, the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School united scholars from across the country for a Jan. 30 symposium titled “The 2008 Beijing Olympics: Public Policy Triumph or Public Relations Spectacle?”.

USC President Steven B. Sample appointed communication professor Manuel Castells a University Professor, one of the highest honors for a USC faculty member

The international exhibition showcasing examples of the world’s best photojournalism, including Tim Hetherington’s prize-winning image of an exhausted U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, closes Feb. 5

Dean Ernest J. Wilson III led a roundtable discussion on his recent experiences as a member of the Presidential Transition Team for the Obama administration at a Jan. 22 event at USC Annenberg

Ryan Cunningham (M.A. Global Communication ’09) is the newest recipient of the Robert McKenzie Prize, awarded each year by the London School of Economics and Political Science in recognition of outstanding academic performance

Consumers are more frequently basing their buying decisions on information gleaned from shopping Web sites, blogs, and social networking sites, according to a study by USC Annenberg's Strategic PR Center and Ketchum. At the same time, local and national television news broadcasts are losing their clout with consumers, the study found

School of journalism director Geneva Overholser and Center on Communication Leadership and Policy director Geoffrey Cowan write a Jan. 19 editorial about the future challenges and possible solutions for the journalism industry

USC Annenberg's Norman Lear Center conducted a survey that measured which way the United States leans on the liberal-conservative scale and — based on answers to 42 telling questions — found the country leans a little to the "left."