Print journalism graduate student Daniel Konecky has been awarded a $5,000 Bayliss Radio Scholarship for the 2005-06 academic year. Conferred by The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation, these awards recognize students for their "academic achievement and extracurricular radio activities, their passion for radio and their desire to contribute to the overall advancement of the radio industry." This...

Through a partnership with the Carnegie Corporation and the Knight Foundation, USC Annenberg and four other journalism schools and programs launched on May 26 a new initiative to enhance journalism education and the profession. The Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education involves curriculum enrichment, "News 21" incubators for investigative reporting projects, and a...

Impact, the TV newsmagazine produced by USC Annenberg students, took first place in the 2004-05 College Television Awards for TV Magazine Shows. The national award, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, honors the work of students Brittany Graham, Thibault Worth, and Audrey Kim. "I am proud of our students for having placed so much heart and dedication into their work....

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»