Ryan Johnson welcomes people to the 24th Street Theatre

Reporter Corps, a new program that trains young adults to report on their own communities,  presented the work of its first South L.A. class Tuesday evening at the 24th Street Theatre.

Reporter Corps interns presented an audiovisual tour of  their South L.A. communities and a preview of their in-depth educational stories to more than 50 people that included community members, USC Annenberg students and professors, and Eighth District City Councilman Curren Price.

The University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism selected the six South L.A. residents, ages 18 – 23, from a competitive pool for the 10-week program. Participants received intensive multimedia reporting training from volunteer journalists representing outlets including the LA Times, KPCC, Wall Street Journal, Streetsblog SouthLA and others. Each participant developed a personal education story in partnership with the Hechinger Report, a non-profit news organization. [Read more…]