Newsroom Seeds & Summer Skies: Wrapping Up at USC Annenberg (AYA)

I walked into the USC Annenberg Youth Academy Alumni Panel on the 30th of June to join in on the conversation of the successful journalism scholars I would meet that day that were once in the same shoes I am today. I did so with the heavy-heart of knowing that this program would soon come …

A Broadcasting World: Revelations during my Week Two at USC Annenberg (AYA)

Ever since I got into journalism freshman year of high school, I realized I wanted to be a journalist. More specifically, as I was not exposed to much other than print journalism and some journalism online, I’ve wanted to be a writer—that is, until I’ve recently been exposed to the world of broadcasting. Broadcast journalism …

Media, Messages and Megan Telles: My Week One at USC Annenberg 2025

Jitters flooded my stomach as my phone’s navigator guided me through the USC campus, and after just a few minutes of walking from Downey Way, there it was—the Annenberg building. Opening the doors, I was quickly greeted by my two smiling professors, and after a light breakfast, we were introduced to an icebreaker. Typically dreading …