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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TO SEARCH FOR WIN AGAINST STANFORD
February 20, 2020
The USC men’s volleyball team is looking to snap its five-game losing streak Thursday as it faces No. 12 Stanford at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif. Going into the second consecutive week of MPSF matches, the Trojans remain winless within the conference at 0-4 while Stanford is coming off two straight losses to No. 1 Hawaii.

TROJANS WELCOME BRUINS FOR RIVALRY SHOWDOWN TO CAP REGULAR SEASON
March 6, 2020
The USC men’s basketball team will play its season finale against UCLA at Galen Center Saturday. The Trojans enter the matchup tied for third place in the Pac-12 at 10-7, while the crosstown rival Bruins are tied atop the standings at 12-5, riding a seven-game win streak.
Both teams enter the game with momentum and plenty on the line for the postseason.

STAR MIDFIELDER BRINGS WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE TO THE PITCH
August, 2020
Trojan midfielder Olufolasade “Sade” Adamolekun has already faced the pressure of international soccer as a member of the Jamaican Women’s National Team, but 2020 has brought challenges the talented sophomore could never have foreseen.
NEWS ARTICLES AND BLOGS

USC ANNENBERG MEDIA
"USC STUDENTS TO STRIKE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT"
Joshua Park
September 2019
USC students, faculty and staff will join thousands of climate activists across the country who are going on strike. The student-organized event aims to “disrupt business as usual” through a massive coordinated walkout to end the age of fossil fuels.

HEARSAY OR FACTS? A S.M.E.L.L TEST OF BUZZFEED
Joshua Park
November 2019
Hundreds of media outlets on the internet often publish articles that are factually correct but have a clear bias that manifests itself through loaded language. Buzzfeed is certainly one of those outlets when it comes to political journalism. With this bias in mind, I conducted a S.M.E.L.L test (an examination of an article’s source, motivation, evidence, logic, and what’s left out) on one Buzzfeed piece by Paul McLeod

MEDIA BIAS AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
(BLOG POST + VOX POP)
Joshua Park
December 2019
Trump isn’t the only one who thinks the media is biased. Many Americans have lost trust in the mainstream media over the past few decades. A Gallup and Knight Foundation survey conducted in 2017 found that 66% of Americans say most news media do not do a good job of separating fact from opinion, compared to 42% in 1986.












