When Steve Kearns graduated from USC Annenberg in 2016, he was ready to jump into a professional career. He had been drawn to public relations because of the practical tools, resources and skill-building the program offers. While an undergraduate PR major, Kearns made connections while interning for leading entertainment brands and learned firsthand knowledge about industry needs. These real-life experiences gave Kearns the confidence to remain focused, take initiative and be creative in his approach.

In March of this year, State Street Global Advisors unveiled the “Fearless Girl,” a statue of a little girl installed to face Wall Street’s famous “Charging Bull” statue. Her defiance was aimed at financial culture’s historical exclusion of women in the financial industry, especially in leadership positions.

Clayton Dube addresses U.S.-North Korea relationship with an eye toward China’s involvement

USC journalism students learned about what it takes to break into their future careers in media.

Black ink. Minimalist. Small-scale. Junior Jordan Winters’ photo essay focuses on the millennial tattoo culture and aesthetic, including portraits of USC students paired with reflections on why they chose to get inked.

First Study to Compare Japan and U.S. Data Reveals Teens, Parents Feel Distracted and Addicted

As a university professor and a mother of teen boys, I am immersed in a world of young faces buried in their phones. To be fair, adults, too, are enamored with the tiny, powerful computing devices in the palms of their hands. The patterns of daily life have been forever altered by the ubiquity of digital devices. The world has been rewired. And nobody wrote a user’s manual.