PROFESSOR

Diane Winston

Knight Chair in Media and Religion

Diane Winston holds the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. A national authority on religion and the media, her expertise includes religion, politics and the news media as well as religion and the entertainment media. A journalist and a scholar, Winston's current research interests are media coverage of Islam, religion and new media, and the place of religion in American identity.

TEAM MEMBERS

Christin Davis

Print Journalism

Christin Davis is the managing editor for Caring, a magazine focused on social issues, published by The Salvation Army. She has reported on various stories from the rebuilding of homes in New Orleans to a direct trade partnership with coffee farmers in Vietnam. She also volunteers as the public relations director for Freely in Hope, which seeks to empower women and children in Kenya. Davis is focusing on reporting on culture, ethnicity and religion.

Sharis Delgadillo

Broadcast Journalism

Sharis Delgadillo is a broadcast graduate student at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. She was the senior producer for the award-winning college television news-magazine show, impact. Last summer, she also interned as a television producer at Cape Town TV in South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Prior to graduate school she worked for KABC-7, KPFK 90.7FM, and Latino 96.3FM. Now, she aspires to soon launch her own video production company for documentaries, commercials, and web content.

Jon Dillingham

Print Journalism

Jon Dillingham is a freelance journalist who splits his time between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Los Angeles, California. His work has been published by Reuters, PA Sport, Truthdig, Mondoweiss and several local publications in Los Angeles and Vietnam. He received his Master's Degree in Specialized Journalism from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.

Jessica Donath

Print Journalism

Jessica Donath is a freelance journalist and translator based in Los Angeles. She graduated with a Master's degree in print journalism from the University of Southern California. A couple of years ago, she moved from Frankfurt, Germany, to SoCal via Prague, Czech Republic. She has a passion for international politics, stand-up comedy and Korean BBQ. She was published on Neon Tommy, where she served as books editor, KPCC and Spiegel Online International.

Bethany Firnhaber

Print Journalism

Bethany Firnhaber is a freelance journalist and amateur photographer from northern Indiana. She graduated with her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California in May, 2011. She currently works as an editor at Truthdig.com and as a research assistant at the Los Angeles Times. She enjoys reporting on a variety of topics, from healthcare and education to arts and religion.

Kevin Grant

Specialized Journalism - Economics and Public Policy

Kevin Douglas Grant is the Deputy Editor of Special Reports at GlobalPost. A native of Chicago, he holds an M.A. in Online Journalism from the University of Southern California and is the former Operations Director of Inform.com, a New York City-based news enrichment company. He served as Executive Editor of the thriving news startup NeonTommy.com and continues to write on tech and social media for Cape Town-based Memeburn.com. He is a Twitter enthusiast, coffee lover and a new Bostonian.

Andrew Khouri

Convergence Journalism

Andrew Khouri is second-year graduate student at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. He has interned at the Associated Press in London and the Daily Breeze newspaper in coastal Los Angeles County. A native of Southern California, he likes to sneak out for a surf in between reporting on politics, business, and issues of social justice. Khouri graduated from the University of San Diego with a bachelor's degree in history. He will be interning this summer at the Los Angeles Times in the business section.

Jill Krebs

Online Journalism

Jill Krebs is the lead Associate Director of SportsCenter at ESPN Los Angeles, and directs ESPN Radio simulcasts and ESPN.com segments for the network’s multi-media platforms. She is a graduate student at the USC Annenberg, pursuing a master’s degree in Specialized Journalism, focusing on the intersection between science and religion.

Rosalina Nieves

Broadcast Journalism

Rosalina Nieves is a M.A. candidate in broadcast journalism at USC Annenberg. After graduating from Purdue University, Rosalina began her career at WFLD-TV (FOX) in Chicago. Since then she has worked at KABC-TV and is currently an Assignment Editor at CNN Los Angeles Bureau. She looks forward to participating in more multimedia projects and to teaching Journalism in the future.

Robyn Carolyn Price

Broadcast Journalism

Robyn Carolyn Price is native of Los Angeles, California. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University, and studied in Florence, Italy. She is currently a Masters Candidate in the Specialized Journalism Program at the University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism. Her specialization is politics and its effect on marginalized communities.

Janine Rayford

Print Journalism

Janine Rayford is a freelance writer and recent graduate of USC Annenberg. Originally from San Francisco, Rayford obtained her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. Her writing has appeared in 944 magazine, Los Angeles magazine's website (LAmag.com), Krista Tippett's OnBeing.org and the Cape Times of South Africa. She is currently writing for Essence magazine.

Albert Sabaté

Broadcast Journalism

Albert Sabaté is freelance journalist and filmmaker. His has been published on KQED's California Report, PRI/BBC's The World, The Huffington Post, Annenberg Digital News and others. He directed/produced The Last Generation, a feature-length documentary on rising fundamentalism among young adults in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He earned his B.A in social sciences at California State University, San Bernardino.

Mary Slosson

Online Journalism

Mary is a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, where she is an Annenberg Fellow at USC Annenberg. She also serves as the Executive Editor for Annenberg Digital News, NeonTommy.com. She has written for the Reuters newswire and been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Vancouver Sun, Scientific American, the Huffington Post, NPR, American Public Media’s On Being, and the Knight Chair in Media and Religion blog, among others. She holds a BA in Foreign Affairs and French from the University of Virginia.