The media scholar and Pulitzer Prize-winning editor will serve as director of the journalism school beginning July 2008

Communication professors Margaret McLaughlin and Sarah Banet-Weiser and journalism professor Bryce Nelson each recently won a USC-Mellon Award fo Excellence in Mentoring

CBS News announces the hiring of USC Annenberg alumna Priya David (M.A. broadcast journalism, '03) as a correspondent primarily for The Early Show and the CBS Evening News weekends

"In the area of academic institutions, we recognize the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy for having evolved into the world's premier research facility in this field," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (pictured), who presented USC with the inaugural Benjamin Franklin Award in Public Diplomacy

“With these two new grants, we’re excited to be able to be a resource to the creative community not only on disease, but also on broader questions of health policy, from the community arena to the globe,” says Norman Lear Center director Martin Kaplan

Columbia University announced adjunct journalism professor Kenneth Turan is a winner of the 2008 Alumni Awards

The Center on Public Diplomacy announced the recent publication of “The Diplomatic Corps as an Institution of International Society,” co-edited by CPD acting director Geoffrey Wiseman

Communication professor François Bar chaired a two-day conference April 2-3 at USC Annenberg to discuss the future of a five-year project that will gauge the public's online access in various countries