In China, if you are female, educated and unmarried by the age of 27, people might use a particular term — “Sheng-nu” — to describe your social status. It translates simply as “leftover women.”

The label was deliberately invented to curb the rising number of single women in a traditional society which sometimes views not marrying as a moral transgression. Some even consider it a...

Fred Cook , professor of professional practice and the director of the Center for Public Relations , explains and shares highlights from the...

Blockbuster films with stunning visual effects may be one way to draw audiences back to movie theaters. But how many women are responsible for the imagery on screen? According to a new report, the number is very low.

The report, titled “ Invisible in Visual Effects ,” is...

A new measure for polarization from USC Annenberg, developed in collaboration with PR firm Golin and narrative intelligence company Zignal Labs, reveals that the political schism in America has narrowed only slightly since the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

And while news about COVID-19 vaccines dominates the national media, immigration is the top issue contributing to the current...

Even though USC Annenberg alumna Hannah Traussnigg lives and works only a two-and-a-half-hour drive away from her hometown in Austria, she’s on the international adventure of a lifetime.

Serving as a public information intern at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Vienna, she works to dismantle negative stereotypes associated with refugees and migrants through social...

When Mariah Hill was 6 years old, her grandmother gave her a journal. “You know how grandmas are: They’re just buying you random stuff,” the Seattle native said with a chuckle. “I’m 23 now, and I’ve been keeping up with my journal the whole time.”

That journal was Hill’s first step as a storyteller, one that continued through her undergraduate studies as a radio, television and film...

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USC Annenberg students, alumni and faculty took home plenty of hardware from the Los Angeles Press Club’s 63 rd Annual Southern California Journalism awards on the evening of Oct. 16. From the many current student and recent graduate winners to alumnus Marc Brown of KABC-TV being honored with the Joseph M. Quinn Award for Lifetime...