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What’s on Tony Cabrera's phone?
Being a TV news personality is a family affair for Tony Cabrera. Every week on ABC7 Eyewitness News , the weathercaster and general assignment reporter shares local updates with his fellow Angelenos. But Cabrera has also grown a sizeable audience on...
2023 was a historic low for women leads/co-leads of top films
Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig may have been snubbed by the Academy Awards this year, but that is merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the entertainment industry’s exclusion of women. A new...
Serena Garcia increases women visibility in Gaming
ProPublica team wins 2024 Selden Ring Award for ‘Friends of the Court’
When ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott began to investigate questions about influence and ethics surrounding the nation’s highest court he was shocked by the scale of his findings.
“We started poking around and found a few...
International Journal of Communication announces new editor
The International Journal of Communication (IJoC), the groundbreaking online, multimedia, academic journal launched at USC Annenberg in 2007 by preeminent scholars Manuel Castells and Larry Gross , is beginning an...
Alumna aspires to be a bridge between corporations and communities
Leaving her full-time job to pursue a higher degree was a bit of a risk for Karly Zrake.
“There were moments before classes started when I was like, ‘Uh oh, did I make the right decision?’” she said. “It's scary to leave something certain, but I knew it was the right decision from the minute I saw the program.”
Having earned her bachelor’s in anthropology and human...
Charting change? Women finally gain ground in popular music and at the Grammy’s
As the Grammy® Awards approach and the music industry prepares to celebrate its achievements, a new study reveals that it may be time to recognize some positive changes for women in the industry.
The report, from Associate Professor of Communication...