by: Gretchen Parker | USB Annenberg

The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism heralded its role as a leader of a new era of digital media communication and education with the Nov. 8 groundbreaking for a visionary new building and the launch of a $150 million fundraising drive.

Wallis Annenberg Hall, with five floors and 88,000 square feet, is set to open in Fall 2014 and will be a physical manifestation of USC Annenberg’s dedication to transparency, collaboration and experimentation, Dean Ernest J. Wilson III told an audience of about 250 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the school who gathered for the ceremony.