The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank helping media and technology to work for humans - not against us.

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2 Dec 2023
Meet Jackson Bird! @jackisnotabird He recently guest stared on @hdylisf_pod with @cmac and @henryjenkins. Swipe to learn more about Jackson.
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24 Feb 2023
Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children is a society, culture, and history podcast created by Josie Duffy Rice (2019 Cohort). Host Josie investigates the history of the school and speaks to former students still haunted by their experience.
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23 Feb 2023
Black Miami-Dade is a multimedia history and storytelling platform that resists the erasure of Miami-Dade County’s Black past. It was founded by our very own Nadege Green (2022 Cohort). blackmiamidade.com/
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3 Dec 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow SHAN Wallace! SHAN (she/her) is a nomadic award-winning photographer, visual artist, and filmmaker from Baltimore, MD. shanwallace.work annenberglab.com/employees/s…
1 Dec 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow Rashida James-Saadiya! Rashida (she/her) is a cultural educator, visual artist, and writer drawing connections between community care, social transformation, and the legacy of Black Muslim women in America. annenberglab.com/employees/r…
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19 Nov 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow Quetzal Flores! Quetzal (he/him) is a Chican@ musician, producer and cultural strategist/organizer raised in East Los Angeles. quetzalflores.com cpcollective.org annenberglab.com/employees/q…
17 Nov 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @4444ian! Qianqian Ye (they/she) is a Chinese artist, creative technologist, and educator who works on issues around gender, immigrants, power, and technology. qianqian-ye.com annenberglab.com/employees/q…
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12 Nov 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @VenusRoots! Niki (she/they) is an abolitionist community organizer, podcast host, facilitator, and writer. venusroots.com annenberglab.com/employees/n…
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10 Nov 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @m7mdkurd! Mohammed El-Kurd (he/him) is a poet, writer, journalist, and organizer from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. annenberglab.com/employees/m… mohammedelkurd.com
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5 Nov 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @MaythaAlhassen! Dr. Maytha Alhassen (she/her) is currently a Religion and Public Life Fellow in Media Entertainment at Harvard, Co-Executive Producer of Hulu series Ramy, and one of the hosts of mindfulness relaxation podcast Become.
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4 Nov 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow Kenya Miles! Kenya (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist and founder of Blue Light Junction whose work focuses on honoring ancient practices while harmoniously drawing on a distinctive contemporary voice. annenberglab.com/employees/k…
28 Oct 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @jasonfitzroy! Fitzroy Jeffers (he/him) a filmmaker, writer and cultural worker from Barbados focused on the stories of the Caribbean and other marginalized, equatorial, Afro-diasporic spaces across both the U.S. and global south. annenberglab.com/employees/j…
27 Oct 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @JamiraBurley! Jamira Burley (she/her) is a Philly Native, working at the intersection of community, policy and social impact. jamiraburley.com annenberglab.com/employees/j…
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21 Oct 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @ifatgazia! (She/her) Ifat is a scholar, filmmaker and journalist from Kashmir. Ifat reported from Kashmir for many years as a journalist on issues of social justice and human rights. annenberglab.com/employees/i…
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20 Oct 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @jennydeluxe! J Wortham (they/she) is a writer, archivist and energy worker living and making work at the intersection of journalism, technology and healing justice. annenberglab.com/employees/j… jennydeluxe.com
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14 Oct 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow Genevieve Erin O’Brien! O’Brien is a Queer, Non-binary, mixed race, transdisciplinary artist, activist, chef, storyteller and narrative strategist. O’Brien explores themes of identity, liberation, community and decolonization. annenberglab.com/employees/g…
14 Oct 2022
Meet #civicmediafellow @annhchen! Ann Chen is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, filmmaker, educator, and writer making work that reflects upon environment, ecology, technology, diaspora and colonialism. annenberglab.com/employees/a…
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22 Jul 2022
Thrilled to announce the newest cohort of the Civic Media Fellowship! annenberglab.com/civic-media…
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22 Jul 2022
Give a warm welcome to @MaythaAlhassen @JamiraBurley @annhchen @m7mdkurd Quetzal Flores, Niki Franco, @ifatgazia @RSaadiy @jasonfitzroy Kenya Miles, Genevieve Erin O'Brien, SHAN Wallace, @4444ian @jennydeluxe
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22 Jul 2022
Big thanks to @macfound @USCAnnenberg for all the support!
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