Cardinal Sins: ‘The First Lady’
The first episode of Showtime’s biopic series gets mixed reviews from these USC students.
Cardinal Sins: ‘Bel-Air’
The newly minted ‘Bel-Air’ falls extraordinarily flat for this group of USC students.
Mary-Charles Jones makes a hero out of Naomi’s powerless sidekick
Normal has long held a negative connotation. Most people in the arts strive for abnormal, unique, outlandish. Up and coming actress Mary-Charles Jones revels in normalcy and normalization, especially in her latest project.
Annenberg Media introduces new policy for revisiting published stories
People appearing in Annenberg Media journalism can now request editorial review.
Nominations aren’t enough
The Emmys failed to follow through historic nominations with wins, sending artists of color home empty handed.
First-Ever Annenberg Media Reporting Guide Released
The guide addresses how to properly report on and interact with marginalized communities of all kinds and will serve as the standard under which all student journalists in the newsroom will report and create. It will be required reading for curricular students and shared across the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, which funds newsroom operations.
Our next step to ensuring a more equitable newsroom: the Equity Board
Last summer, the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor forced institutions to reflect on the racial and diversity inequities present in their current systems, journalism included. Even the L.A. Times looked back at its own history and apologized for racist reporting. The growing Black Lives Matter movement also impacted our newsroom and provided the necessary push for the Equity Board to take shape at Annenberg Media.
The Meme-ability of Joe Biden
Last week, Democratic candidate Joe Biden held a rally at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College that catered to the community college audience. Though the rally was free and open to the public, the number of attendees was low. The number of young people present was even lower.
‘The Duchess’ finds herself lost in translation
Though filled with great performances, ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ left feelings of confusion and misunderstandings.
To costume or not to costume?
USC students share their take on wearing costumes all day to celebrate Halloween.
Author and journalist calls for more women in leadership at Annenberg roundtable
Kristin Gilger, co-author of “There’s No Crying in Newsrooms,” spoke to students and faculty in Wallis Annenberg Hall on Thursday. She connected the stories and lessons in her new book to the issues female journalists face today. The discussion was one of the nine given by USC Annenberg’s Lead On! Women in Communication Leadership Forum on September 26 and 27.