Guns, climate, hate, immigration, corruption among issues tackled

At a time when in-depth investigative reporting is absolutely critical, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Southern California Public Radio have established an initiative that will both enhance KPCC’s investigative journalism and offer real-world work experience for USC Annenberg students and recent graduates.

The Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg brought 23 California journalists to the campus Sunday for its annual California Fellowship. The all-expenses-paid, competitive six-day training institute provides new ways of thinking about health and nurtures investigative and explanatory reporting projects on health challenges facing Californians.

Throughout the year, young women across the university gather in a USC Annenberg conference room to bond together, to learn from each other, and to plan and design events that bring in influential women leaders from diverse fields to inspire them

Media innovator and entrepreneur Maverick Carter will deliver the keynote address at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s 2019 commencement ceremony on May 10.

Kimberly Osborne’s career has spanned 25 years and has taken her around the world. She’s worked for the Department of Transportation in D.C., in crisis and disaster management in Texas, as the chief strategic communication advisor to the Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan and most recently in Myanmar as a Fulbright specialist. The one constant: her desire to make an impact.

The issue of federal “net neutrality” — requiring internet providers to allow high-speed access to all content, rather than favoring their own content — remains one of the most hotly debated questions in the world of communications policy. But what about those communities that are still struggling to gain access to the internet at all?

The USC Center of Public Diplomacy’s Jay Wang weighs in on how technology is changing the rules of policymaking.

Two years ago, Twitter wasn’t the primary place to read the official statements of the president of the United States — but with Donald Trump, it is.