USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

School of Journalism

Director: Willow Bay, MBA

Associate Director, Operations and Finance: Debra Lawler, M.A.

Faculty

Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication: Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D.

University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership: Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.

Knight Chair in Media and Religion: Diane Winston, Ph.D.

Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts: Henry Jenkins, Ph.D.

Professors: K.C. Cole, B.A.; Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.*; Henry Jenkins, Ph.D.; Judy Muller, B.A.; Tim Page, B.A.; Michael Parks, B.A.; Joe Saltzman, M.S.*; Philip Seib, J.D.; Roberto Suro, M.S.

Associate Professors: William Celis, M.S., Jonathan Kotler, J.D.*; Joshua Kun, Ph.D.; Larry Pryor, M.S.; Sandy Tolan, BFA; Jian Wang, Ph.D.; Diane Winston, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Mike Ananny, Ph.D.; Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D.; Kjerstin Thorson, Ph.D.; Aimei Yang, Ph.D.

Professors of Professional Practice: Willow Bay, MBA; Daniel Birman, M.A.; Laura Castañeda, Ed.D.; Serena Cha, M.S.; Jennifer Floto, M.A.*; Gabriel Kahn, B.A.; Willa Seidenberg, B.A.; Erna Smith, B.J.; Gerald Swerling, M.S.

Associate Professors of Professional Practice: Amara Aguilar, M.A.; Sasha Anawalt, B.A.; Peggy Bustamante, M.A.; Marc Cooper; Robert Hernandez, B.A.; Matthew LeVeque, B.A.; Alan Mittelstaedt, B.A.; Stacy Scholder, B.A.; Burghardt Tenderich, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturers: Jeff Fellenzer, M.A.; Mary Murphy, B.A.; Richard Reeves, M.E.

Lecturers: Alan Abrahamson, J.D.; Dana Chinn, MBA; Vince Gonzales, M.A.; Rebecca Haggerty, M.S.

Visiting Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication and Journalism: Mark Lloyd, J.D.

Emeritus Professors: Ed Cray, B.A.; Murray Fromson; Felix Gutierrez, Ph.D.; A.J. Langguth, B.A.; Bryce Nelson, M.Phil.; Clancy Sigal, B.A.

Emeritus Associate Professor: William Robert Faith, Ph.D.

Degree Programs

The School of Journalism offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in Broadcast and Digital Journalism, Print and Digital Journalism and Public Relations. It also offers minors in News Media and Society and in Advertising. The school stresses a broad-based liberal arts education to enhance writing and reporting and encourages undergraduate students to pursue double majors or minors in disciplines outside the school.

At the graduate level, a Master of Science degree is offered in Journalism and Master of Arts degrees are available in Specialized Journalism, Specialized Journalism (The Arts) and Strategic Public Relations. The M.S. in Journalism degree is designed for students who have some journalism experience. The program emphasizes multi-platform journalism, but also allows students to build on the specialty of their choice including long-form video, news video, audio, text or digital. The Specialized Journalism degree is designed for experienced professionals and recent journalism graduates interested in developing specialized reporting expertise. The Strategic Public Relations degree emphasizes the requisite skills of that discipline, with an emphasis on strategic problem solving, public relations theory and techniques, writing, research-based planning and analysis, case studies, and the application of the discipline to specific industry categories.

Students seeking to learn journalism principles and improve their multimedia skills should write and report for neontommy.com (Annenberg Digital News), atvn.org (Annenberg TV News), annenbergradio.org (Annenberg Radio News), intersectionssouthla.org (Intersections South LA) and impact.uscannenberg.org (Impact newsmagazine program). Journalism majors are also encouraged to write and report for the independent student newspaper, the Daily Trojan, at dailytrojan.com.

The school offers several international study programs to undergraduate and graduate students. It also advises its students to participate in at least two internships before graduation. The Annenberg Career Development Office has listings for paid and unpaid internships from around the country.

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