The 10-day intensive arts journalism program for 25 theater writers and editors from across the United States has "made a big difference to the way theater is received and respected"

"If you don’t teach yourself to do anything else while you’re here, make yourself the best writer you can," said Rather (pictured), adding that students keeping idealism "will prove to be more difficult than you think as time goes on"

Janet Clayton (B.A. journalism, '77) is the new president of the Los Angeles Dodgers' official charity, whose purpose is to raise funds to support cancer research, and whose mission is to find a cure for cancer

Communication professor Stacy Smith presents groundbreaking research that shows females are less likely to appear in TV and movies, but when they do, they are shown in a hypersexualized way

Journalism professors Roberto Suro (pictured), Marc Cooper, Judy Muller and Richard Reeves, and Norman Lear Center director Martin Kaplan are all covering the 2008 election in different ways

During the conference, communication professor Stacy Smith will present her groundbreaking new findings about aspirations and goals for girls in children's media and will review her large body of work on how females are portrayed in G-rated movies, TV programs and video games

Alumnae Talleah Bridges (M.A. broadcast journalism, '02) and Megan (Parlen) Schwartzman (M.A. broadcast journalism, '05) worked on a film titled "Operation Homecoming" that was recently named a 2008 Academy Award nominee in the "Best Documentary Feature" category

Jan. 22-24 conference presents a unique opportunity for civic leaders, policy makers, criminal justice practitioners, judges, scholars, advocates and community service providers to examine the successes and failures of Los Angeles’ criminal justice system