The National Association of Black Journalists has honored USC Annenberg senior scholar Adam Clayton Powell III with its 2004 Salute to Excellence Award for Commentary. Powell is a regular commentator on the WHUT program "Evening Exchange." WHUT (Howard University Television) is the first African American owned and operated noncommercial television station in the United States. The Salute to Excellence awards were presented Saturday, Oct. 9 in Washington DC. More about the NABJ Awards» Howard University Television»

10 Battle Rock: The Struggle Over A One-Room School in America's Vanishing West , by journalism professor Bill Celis , was named to two year-end "best of" book lists. The book was named a "must read" by the American School Board Journal , the magazine of the National School Boards Association. It was also included in the 27th annual "Best of the Southwest" list compiled by the Tucson-Pima County Library. Battle Rock (PublicAffairs, 2002) chronicles the growth of the rural West during the 1990s, and tells the story of rising conflict at a Colorado one-room school between rural residents and their new urban neighbors. ASBJ review» Tucson-Pima County Library review» Barnes & Noble book page»