Neon Tommy
Encyclopedia
Neon Tommy is the 24/7, multimedia online news publication sponsored by the Anennberg School for Communication & Journalism
at the University of Southern California
.
The website strives to make its work fresh and unique, telling stories that other outlets are not. The website is a product of calls in recent years that print journalism is dying. The website aims to offers students at the schools a platform through which to learn the future of journalism, which is expected to be focused online.
Competing in the real life blogosphere, the website is regularly linked to by the Los Angeles Times
, L.A. Weekly, LAist, The Huffington Post
, Romenesko, Gawker, Yahoo!
, CNN, SB Nation and more.
, USC's student newspaper, Neon Tommy focuses on everything but the campus at which it is based.
Operated, edited and managed by graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines, the website serves not only as a lab and incubator for ongoing and transformative innovation in the fast-changing world of journalism but also as a vibrant and rich source of the very best in local, regional, national and international reporting and commentary.
USC Annenberg School for Communication
The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism comprises a School ofCommunication and a School of Journalism at the University of Southern California . It is led by Dean Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D....
at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
.
Publication
Neon Tommy is a web-only student publication. The website is considered a Los Angeles-based news source, focusing on Los Angeles and California, but covering national and international stories as well.The website strives to make its work fresh and unique, telling stories that other outlets are not. The website is a product of calls in recent years that print journalism is dying. The website aims to offers students at the schools a platform through which to learn the future of journalism, which is expected to be focused online.
Competing in the real life blogosphere, the website is regularly linked to by the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, L.A. Weekly, LAist, The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
, Romenesko, Gawker, Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
, CNN, SB Nation and more.
History
The website launched in the Spring 2009. The website received a redesign during Summer 2010.Acclaim
The website won an L.A. Press Club award in 2010 for its reporting of the local swine flu crisis.Purpose
Unlike the Daily TrojanDaily Trojan
The Daily Trojan, or "DT," is the student newspaper of the University of Southern California. The newspaper is a forum for student expression and is written, edited, and managed by university students. The paper is intended to inform USC students, faculty, and staff on the latest news and provide...
, USC's student newspaper, Neon Tommy focuses on everything but the campus at which it is based.
Operated, edited and managed by graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines, the website serves not only as a lab and incubator for ongoing and transformative innovation in the fast-changing world of journalism but also as a vibrant and rich source of the very best in local, regional, national and international reporting and commentary.