Journeys in Film is the newest project of the Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg. We’re adding the resources of a great university, a top-ranked school, and a nationally known center of innovation in the world’s film capital. We look forward to designing more programs to help foster globally-competent citizens, and to expanding the reach of quality films into educational settings, through teacher workshops focused on using film as an effective teaching tool in the classroom.

“Journeys in Film is a perfect fit for the Norman Lear Center,” said USC Annenberg professor and Lear Center founding director Martin Kaplan.  “Our plan is to dramatically strengthen Journeys in Film — to expand its catalog of films and countries, boost the number of schools and students that its curricular guides reach, increase its teacher training programs, and sponsor solid research to evaluate its impact.”

The Norman Lear Center is a nonpartisan research and public policy center that studies the social, political, economic and cultural impact of entertainment on the world—and translates its findings into action.  Including Journeys in Film in the portfolio of dynamic efforts of the Lear Center increases its outreach to schools nationwide and brings its expertise in global education to new audiences.  For more information about the Lear Center, please visit www.learcenter.org.

The Lear Center is part of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Located in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, the Annenberg School is among the nation’s leading institutions devoted to the study of journalism and communication and their impact on politics, culture and society. Annenberg offers BA, MA and PhD degrees in journalism, communication and public relations. For more information, please visit www.annenberg.usc.edu.

Today’s initiatives must bring together external knowledge, resources and capabilities in order to be successful.

For Journeys in Film, this means a continued commitment to seeking new alliances and fostering partnerships that address further advancement of global education programs, as well as those promoting the power of film as a tool for teaching.

Working together, we can make a greater impact by:

• Preparing more teachers with best practices and tools
• Reaching more classrooms; thereby, graduating more competent students
• Developing more classroom materials
• Broadening film as an educational tool

Please contact us to explore possible ideas for reaching these goals.