News

APPC's FactCheck.org Wins 2018 Webby Award for Best Politics Site

FactCheck.org has won the judges’ Webby Award a total of nine times.

Fishman Receives Everett Lee Hunt Award

The award recognizes her book Death Makes the News.

• Media Institutions

Sam Chan Named 2018-20 Gerbner Fellow

Chan will study the lived experiences of gay and lesbian dating app users in urban China.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

John L. Jackson, Jr. Named Dean of the Annenberg School

Jackson's tenure as dean will begin on January 1, 2019.

Fishman Publishes New Book, Death Makes the News

The book discusses the forces that dictate how news and media cover death.

• Media Institutions

Sports Analyst Doug Glanville and Visual Ethnographer Clovis Bergére to Teach Annenberg Undergraduates This Semester

In addition to expert faculty members, notable practitioners teach courses in their areas of expertise.

As She Departs Penn, Amy Jordan’s Last Lecture Shares Life Wisdom

She shared advice with undergraduates that she wish she knew when she was 19.

Chelsea Manning Speaks at Penn on Technology, Government, and Activism

A former intelligence analyst, Manning is an advocate for government transparency and transgender rights.

• Technology & Society

Art Exhibit by Dwayne "Mr. Fish" Booth on Display at the Annenberg School

Booth's exhibit considers why the public values the opinions of celebrities so highly.

• Culture & Media
• Political Communication

Visiting Scholar Howard Blumenthal Launches Kids on Earth Initiative

The aim of the project is to help children from different countries learn about one another’s lives.

• Culture & Media