Media studies expert and advocate of the “YouTube generation” Henry Jenkins will join USC Annenberg in July 2009. He will leave his post at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to hold a joint appointment at USC Annenberg and the USC School of Cinematic Arts

Journalism professor Michael Parks' Center for California Health Care Journalism teams with Merced Sun-Star to produce series of articles about proposed UC Merced medical school

“This is a really exciting night,” said Mat Mendez (Broadcast Journalism ’09), the evening’s emcee and an ATVN anchor. “It’s a great opportunity to connect with everyone who has built this operation from the ground up – to take everything we’ve been taught and to get ready for the real world.

"(Communication professor Manuel Castells') influence in areas such as urban sociology, the study of social movements and the development of the Information Society and its consequences have made Professor Castells a worthy winner," the jury announced.

Communication major and USC quarterback Mark Sanchez earns Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic first-team honors

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, spearheaded by the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School for Communication with 13 partner countries and regions in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely on the Internet

Alumna Y. Connie Yuan (Ph.D '04) and communication professors Janet Fulk and Peter Monge were awarded the 2008 Distinguished Article Award in Communication and Social Cognition at the 2008 National Communication Association conference

Senior broadcast journalism students Jeremy Hall and Matthew Landes had a Sunday evening they both say they'll never forget at Staples Center, as both were introduced at center court during halftime of the Nov. 23 Lakers game and interviewed on Fox Sports Net before the game