The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative in collaboration with Netflix released its newest study today, a first-of-its-kind look at inclusion across Netflix scripted series and films. The Initiative analyzed Netflix’s U.S. original live-action films...
The movement for racial justice resonates throughout the country and the USC Annenberg Community.
It wasn’t so much the sign itself that caught Rachel Scott’s eye, but the boy who was holding it.
The throng of protesters in Lafayette Park outside the White House on the evening of June 7 bristled with...
This story was originally published on Crosstown and is republished here with permission.
Last year, 1,383 people experiencing homelessness died in Los Angeles County.
On the first day of 2020, the unresponsive body of Corinna Ortega, a Latina woman, was discovered by a friend in a tent in...
The world of sports communication and journalism responds to COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
In March 2020, Cooper Goldie was certain that The Players’ Tribune was faced with the biggest sports story in generations: the shutdown of nearly all organized sports under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the abrupt...
Lindsay Young , assistant professor of communication, came to USC Annenberg last year, but she’s not new to Southern California. After earning her PhD from Northwestern University in 2014, she conducted her postdoctoral research while affiliated with the University of Chicago — but she’s done most of that work remotely while living...
Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s call to bring people together, two new studies by the Center for Public Relations at USC Annenberg suggest that both political polarization and the proliferation of conspiracy theories are likely to...
The Local Media Association, in partnership with Facebook Journalism Project, has launched a pilot project using tools and training from Crosstown to empower smaller and mid-sized newsrooms to access and transform data into high-impact local journalism.
The pilot project will be implemented by WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, and NOLA/The...
This article was originally posted on The Conversation and is republished here with permission.
The big ideaThe widespread reliance on remote learning is harming students of color from low-income households more than kids who are from more affluent families. Our survey of over...