IMPORTANT UPDATE: STARTING 11/5/2023 WE WILL BE REVERTING TO FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. Sign ups will open 9PM on Sundays of Wave release (instead of being open 9PM-12AM)
Join Annenberg Cross-Cultural Student Association for this 2.6-mile, 456-elevation gain loop around Fryman Canyon with Professors Miki Turner and Rebecca Haggerty! Start off your Sunday on a high note as we pick up our heart rates and talk about all things journalism, inclusion, digital media and more.
Note: ACCSA members are encouraged to join, but you do not have to be in this organization to sign up (although we hope you will decide to join us post-hike!)
PACKING LIST:
H2O
Waivers
Sunscreen
Hat
Snacks
PROFESSOR: Miki Turner
DEPARTMENT: Journalism
RATE MY PROFESSOR: She knows her stuff and is ALWAYS available. Very entertaining!
Miki Turner is an award-winning journalist and the founder of ACCSA. She has held positions at ESPN, the NFL Network, MSNBC, AOL, BET and several newspapers and is now teaching the next generation of journalists in her photojournalism, sports commentary, digital storytelling and sports production classes. Miki puts diversity and inclusion at the forefront of all her work, which shines through the countless committees she serves and the projects she does not just personally, but also with her students.
PROFESSOR: Rebecca Haggerty
Rebecca Haggerty is a broadcast and digital journalist and is the associate director for the undergraduate journalism program. She spent more than two decades working in broadcast news and documentaries and has received several journalism awards, including national and local Emmys. At USC, she is the director of video and multimedia at Annenberg’s Media Center and has created an ongoing initiative in which students work to support local news outlets in rural communities in an intensive two-week reporting course. She has also designed a course on drugs and the media with a colleague from the School of Pharmacy, awarded an Interdisciplinary Teaching Grant by the provost.
PEAK: Fryman Canyon Trail
DIFFICULTY: 2.5/5
SCENERY: Views of Universal City, Cahuenga Peak and Griffith Park feat. shady spots and benches along the way!
FUN FACT: We’ll pass the home base of TreePeople, a tree-planting volunteer group, and a mini rock exhibit!
TRIP LEAD: SKYLER
Have been thinking about banana bread recently …
Contact Skyler: sspak@usc.edu
Read Skyler’s bio here.