Graduate application guidelines (PDF)
Arts Journalism emphasis graduate application guidelines (PDF)
In response to a rapidly evolving industry, USC Annenberg offers a unique nine-month M.A. program in
specialized journalism.
Designed for experienced professionals as well as aspiring reporters with proven skills, the program arises out of a conviction that quality journalism today requires subject-matter expertise, advanced reporting skills and knowledge of how new communications technologies are changing the ways that people learn, think and behave. The program offers students a chance to move forward on all three fronts by putting the resources of a great university at their disposal.
Top applicants are eligible for the prestigious
USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship program which provides full tuition support and a stipend for living expenses.
The M.A. program provides highly individualized courses of study in fields as diverse as the arts, science, religion, immigration, education and urban ecology. Students combine advanced journalism courses at USC Annenberg with graduate-level classes in many of USC’s other highly regarded academic units, including the
Rossier School of Education, the
School of Policy, Planning and Development and the
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Students with an emphasis in arts journalism will complete nearly half their coursework through classes at USC's five arts schools: the
School of Architecture,
School of Cinematic Arts,
Roski School of Fine Arts,
School of Theatre and
Thornton School of Music.
Students will have extraordinary latitude in designing their curriculum. The program schedule provides students both the time and opportunity to work individually with expert faculty in their field of interest to produce professional projects that can be published, broadcast or otherwise disseminated. In the Arts Journalism emphasis, students will be led by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post music critic
Tim Page.
If you have specific questions about the specialized journalism program, contact Allyson Hill, assistant dean for admissions, at specjour@usc.edu. Questions about the arts journalism emphasis may be directed to professor Sasha Anawalt at anawalt@usc.edu.
Information for Prospective Students (PDF).
Read a press release announcing the specialized journalism program (PDF).
Read a release announcing the emphasis in arts journalism (PDF).