Even before Ruby Yuan set foot on campus, he knew what type of education he wanted to get. The journalism major, who will be graduating in 2020, was interested to find the intersection between journalism and technology and he knew USC Annenberg was the place to explore this. “Three days before I came to Annenberg, I read a piece about Syrian refugees and virtual reality,” Yuan said. “I was like, how cool would that be if I could somehow persuade my school to make a journalism class about VR?” ...

Tyrah Majors, who is graduating in May with a master’s in journalism, had the chance to participate in a class focusing on the homeless issue. Last Fall she followed a woman experiencing homelessness over the course of the semester. Angela pulled over to the side of the road for the second time that evening as she and Tyrah Majors continued their journey to Culver City. Angela got out of the car and beckoned for Majors to follow. They were at Angela’s former apartment, the one she called home ...

Alumni and current students crowded around the news desk in Studio C of the media center during the 20th Anniversary celebration. Familiar faces joined new ones as alumni, faculty and students celebrated the 20th anniversary of the student-produced broadcast Annenberg TV News (ATVN) in a packed lobby of more than 200 people at Wallis Annenberg Hall. ATVN has given students the opportunity to learn how to report, write, edit, produce, create graphics and direct shows that prepare them for a ....

Two Annenberg students create a USC chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) to empower and mentor Asian journalists. Erika Lee and Tara Ruff, both journalism majors in their final year at USC, felt that the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism needed a space for Asians journalists. “AAJA’s mission means empowerment to me,” Ruff ’18 said. “It means providing that opportunity for Asian American journalists to be in newsrooms producing their own content that ....

Clayton Dube addresses U.S.-North Korea relationship with an eye toward China’s involvement Clayton Dube first visited China in 1982, thinking he would be there merely a month. Yet, somehow, that month turned into a semester, and that semester turned into three years. Flashing forward to today, Dube, who directs the USC U.S.-China Institute, researches and analyzes the relationship between China and the United States. At the institute, he has focused in part on how the relationship between the ....