Beginning in 2018, Associated Press investigative reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell relentlessly examined the working conditions on palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia. The result is a searing exposé that reveals shocking abuses against some of the world’s most vulnerable laborers — and then connects that mistreatment directly to a byproduct found in roughly half the items for sale in American supermarkets.

When Robin Stevens relocated to Los Angeles from her native Philadelphia in Summer 2020, the chance to work with her new colleagues on the USC Annenberg faculty was the most exciting part of the move.

“The faculty here breaks every mold,” said Stevens, associate professor of communication focusing on health communication in...

“It’s an amazing feeling. I still haven’t got over it,” says Fresno County Board of Education Trustee James D. Martinez, who graduated from the online Master of Communication Management program in 2018.

USC prides itself on encouraging its students to become trailblazers. A perfect example of that is an alumnus who is now making history: James D. Martinez.

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Twenty-one journalists from around the nation joined the USC Center for Health Journalism earlier this month to take part in the 2020 Data Fellowship. The program, which ran from Nov. 30–Dec. 4, helps reporters gain investigative data skills through an...

Bonjour , my name is Bintou Agne. While I was born in Paris, France, my parents are from Senegal, West Africa. Cooking is something that brings me joy, with memories of home, especially at times when I have felt isolated during the pandemic. This inspired me to invite several members of the Annenberg Cross-Cultural Student Association (ACCSA), as well as students at USC Annenberg, to join me...

The Digital Promotoras program, designed to help students tell the local stories that matter to them, is a collaboration between USC Annenberg and is partly funded by a grant from the USC Good Neighbors Campaign .

In line with the old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words,” the...

Texas native Toni Hall had long dreamed of working in media. “Growing up, I always wanted to be a meteorologist,” she recalled. “I didn’t want to do anything else: Just tell the weather and work for the Weather Channel.”

After earning her bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Prairie View A&M University, Hall had an opportunity to work in The Weather Channel’s advertising...

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Let me start this article by saying: Hi, I am so glad you're reading this and are open to learning more about mental health resources on and off campus. If you’re struggling with mental health issues, I want you to know that you are not alone. I have been in a very similar situation. About a year ago, I moved across the ocean from Europe to pursue my...