
Erna Smith
Expert on international journalism and the effects of media
Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Contact at: (213) 740-9684 or esmith@usc.edu
Expertise:
- international journalism
- the practice of journalism
- media effects
- Los Angeles
- Director of USC's Cape Town, South Africa program
- Was a reporter, editor and copy editor at newspapers including Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Star-Tribune and The Wall Street Journal
- Fellow at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy; conducted a study of television news coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots
- Received Barry Bingham Fellowship from National Council of Editorial Writers
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