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...Nelson, The Crimson proved a launching pad for his future career. Though he entered the College with hardly an inclination toward journalism, Nelson wound up devoting most of his life to just that, becoming an award-winning journalist and, eventually, teaching his craft as the head of USC??s Annenberg School of Communication...
...study by sets of filmmaking skills, such as screenwriting and acting. “If you know you want to be a cinematographer or a sound editor... you have a great opportunity [at USC] to get lots of practical experience in those areas,” said Justin Wilson, USC??s Director of Alumni Relations. This has practical importance. “You have got something to show when you leave [school],” said Mark J. Harris ’63, Distinguished Professor in USC??s School of Cinematic Arts and three-time Academy...
...senior Zach Fox’s application seeking reelection to the top content post at the school’s daily paper. Though the paper’s staff supported his election, Fox’s application, which encouraged budget transparency and fiscal independence, was withheld from the USC??s media board by USC Vice President for Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson, an administrator who also serves as head of the board. Media board approval was required to finalize Fox’s election. According to a memo by Larry Prior, who sits on USC?...
...this semester, Fox repeatedly approached the board requesting information about the budget and finances of the paper. Given that access to financial information is a standard operating procedure for nearly all of our nation’s college papers—independent or not—this move denies USC??s student journalists a holistic view of an industry that is facing major changes. Although the administration has commissioned a task force to investigate Fox’s proposals, its reticence toward financial transparency creates an appearance of impropriety and leaves open questions as to whether...
...USC??s action diminishes the role of student journalists across the nation by demonstrating a lack of trust in students to decide the structure and daily operation of their paper. But more importantly, it violates the fundamental value of the press. The university administration does a disservice to the whole of the USC community, not just the Daily Trojan editors whose decisions they rendered inconsequential. The integrity of the collegiate press is important to the greater integrity of the academy, where students and professors as well as journalists question and investigate and learn from the world around them...