A new "Generally Accepted Practices" report by USC Annenberg's Strategic Communication and Public Relations Center details PR and communication spending by corporations, nonprofits and government agencies

The four board members will explore issues of global public affairs, civic engagement, women and communication leadership, and the changing face of journalism

While balancing duties as a school administrator, husband, father and student in the Doctor of Education program at the Rossier School of Education, newly promoted Associate Director of the School of Communication Imre Meszaros found the time to earn a Dissertation of the Year award at Rossier

Melanie Ciolek (Master's in Public Diplomacy '11) is USC's lone representative and one of only 85 Presidential Fellows in the country. "As a part of the Fellows Program, I want to explore the connections between the Presidency and the development of American public diplomacy strategy," she said.

Graduate student Brandon Reynolds (pictured, M.A. Specialized Journalism '10) won first place in USC's sixth-annual Wonderland Award for Wonderland at Sunset: A Case of Vanishing, a creative modern-day Wonderland script by way of a police report transcript about a starlet who disappears from a nightclub

As journalism professor Diane Winston (pictured) contemplated how and where to teach her students the relevance of religion and politics, she could think of no destination more significant, complicated and immediate than Israel and the West Bank. After a nine-day trip there last month, the work of her 13 graduate students is now being picked up by the Huffington Post, the Global Post, KPCC online, The Salt Lake Tribune and Religion News Service

Helen Moser (B.A. Print Journalism/Political Science '10) was one of 75 students chosen out of more than 630 applicants for the highly competitive Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship

As friends, colleagues and former students gathered at USC Annenberg on April 22 to honor the 100th birthday of Norman Corwin, the USC Annenberg writer in residence entertained the guests with unscripted anecdotes, friendly jabs at deans and colleagues, and a message of thanks