The new “Annenberg Media News’' app is now available to download on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. The app pulls articles directly from Annenberg Media’s digital website and contains content from both Annenberg Radio News and Annenberg TV News.
Ritom Gupta, a graduate student studying computer science who assisted with the app’s development, said the app was published to the App Store in December and just recently published to Google Play in mid-February.
Gupta also said the Annenberg Media web team wanted to wait until the app was accessible on both services before publicly announcing its release.
Junmeng Xu, a USC alumnus, initially developed the app in the spring 2023 semester. Gupta said they couldn’t publish the app earlier because the web team was prioritizing other projects, but they revisited the publishing process after realizing all the hard work Xu put into the app and its potential.
“It would really be something impactful as a product coming out of Annenberg Media,” Gupta said.
The app features a “Me” section where it collects any articles, radio pieces or videos that users select as a “favorite” on the app. The home feed also displays the current weather of wherever you are on the top of the screen.