Theater, dance and performing arts critics and editors will come to USC Annenberg in late January for the third annual training institute in theater and musical theater.

The study, conducted by USC Annenberg's Strategic Public Relations Center (led by Jerry Swerling, pictured) and the PR firm Ketchum, finds that reports of the death of traditional media are greatly exaggerated.

Emeritus journalism professor and former CBS News correspondent Murray Fromson wrote a column in which he revealed the source for a pivotal story he reported as a Vietnam War correspondent in 1967.

Communication professor Manuel Castells (pictured) collaborated with doctoral student Araba Sey, Annenberg alum Jack Qiu and University of Catalonia professor Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol to publish "Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective."

The adjunct communication professor and new media expert will develop policies to advance broadband adoption throughout California.

USC Annenberg's Center for the Digital Future, led by Jeffrey Cole (pictured), finds that 43% of people in online communities value their networks online as much as their communities in the real world.

The broadcast journalism students received the award, named after the late Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn (pictured), at a ceremony during halftime at the Lakers-New Jersey Nets game on Sunday, November 26.

With its young audience constantly finding new ways to interact with content on the Web, the site's updates include state-by-state analysis of the 2006 U.S. Senate election results.