CHICAGO — School of Journalism Director and professor Geneva Overholser accepted the 2012 AEJMC Equity and Diversity Award celebrating the School’s advances on a number of fronts, and several faculty presented leading-edge projects and research at the 100th conference of the Association of...

By Russell DeVita

Hollywood, Health & Society, a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center , has announced 10 finalists for the 2012 Sentinel for Health Awards, highlighting dramas, comedies and children’s programming covering such topics as addiction, Asperger’s, childbirth, hunger, mental health and sexual abuse.

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USC Annenberg announced today the recipients of the 2012 Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion and American Public Life. Among many outstanding applications, six projects were chosen to receive grants between $5,000 and $20,000.

“We’re excited to support probing journalism on immigration, teen pregnancy and health care reform,” said journalism professor...

Dean Ernest J. Wilson III and USC Annenberg faculty and staff members welcome new and returning students to the 2012-2013 academic year. “It’s going to be a pleasure to work with you over the next coming years,” Dean Wilson told new students at a meet-and-greet before...

Top journalists and political strategists will offer straightforward assessments of the campaigns and the press, while exploring the role of media has in shaping the national political discourse, at a series of public events held during the national political conventions in Tampa and Charlotte.

Politics & the Media: Bridging the Political Divide in the 2012 Election is hosted by...

By Russell DeVita

Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington delivered a presentation on engaging TV viewers in stories that can improve their health and well-being at the National Conference on...