Gretchen McCartney
Gretchen Parker McCartney is the former director of media relations for the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Stories by Gretchen McCartney:
Study finds negative reaction to online ads
Millions of Americans use Twitter – just don’t ask any of them to pay for it.
Finance journalist to join USC Annenberg
Gabriel Kahn, a veteran journalist who most recently served as the Los Angeles bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, next month will join a team of USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism faculty leading a new initiative to broaden students’ business savvy and grasp of economics – a key proficiency they will apply to careers in the rapidly evolving fields of journalism and communication.
Health journalism grants announced
The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism announced 20 journalism awards totaling $55,000 to support investigative and explanatory reporting projects on America’s underserved communities, whose stories are often ignored or overlooked.
Stroome.com wins Knight Foundation Award
Stroome.com, an online video-editing platform conceived and developed at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, has won a Knight News Challenge award – a two-year grant of $200,000 awarded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Religion, Politics, Relevance
As USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism professor Diane Winston contemplated how and where to teach her students the relevance of religion and politics, she could think of no destination more significant, complicated and immediate than Israel and the West Bank.
Miller Uncovers the ‘Hidden War’
For his work uncovering the “the hidden war” – the casualties and neglect of injured contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan – journalist T. Christian Miller of ProPublica was honored April 9 with the 2010 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting.
USC Annenberg Makes Strong Push for Sustainability
As USC makes a sweeping commitment to sustainability this year, the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism is accelerating its own greening program – a move that has the enthusiastic backing of its founders and students.
USC Annenberg Launches Multimedia Series
The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism has teamed up with the Center for Investigative Reporting to launch a multimedia series titled “Hunger in the Golden State.”