Communication

  • A cutout buffalo with text projected on it.
    As part of a class project, a communication student interviewed her classmates about sustainability. Their answers were projected onto public spaces.
  • Students and photographer at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä v USC game on Folsom Field
    Through relevant courses, networking opportunities and student-led organizations, CMDI is helping students turn their passions into careers in sports media.
  • Here are 10 centers and labs that have created public impact in the college’s first decade.
  • Peter Lasser and Chip
    A mentor made all the difference to Peter Lasser as a student. Now, the Olympics producer has become the mentor, providing scholarships and connections to students interested in sports media.
  • Lori Furth outside the theater
    As more touring productions rely on video and visual elements, patrons who have low sight or are blind rely on Lori Ferguson Furth to describe the action onstage as it happens.
  • Because of the multidisciplinary nature of their work—and their fearlessness in confronting the biggest problems—CMDI faculty are regularly featured in local and national media. Here are 10 times over the past decade when major news outlets have
  • Faculty experts Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Caitlin Charlet, Hong Tien Vu and Morgan Young
    When it comes to sustainability, individual actions aren’t enough. The same is true for how we look for solutions, so we asked a group of CMDI experts how collaboration might save the day.
  • A still from a cartoon showing a baby deer nuzzling its mother's dead body.
    Children aren’t just blank slates—they create meaning from the media they experience. An expert says that’s a reason to think about how we show themes like violence and death.
  • A group of performers onstage.
    A performance by Motus Theater headlines this year’s Distinguished Speaker Series.
  • A group of four panelists onstage at a discussion.
    CMDI and the Poynter Institute gathered a group of experts to discuss intergenerational storytelling, with a special focus on environmental reporting.
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