Annenberg Radio News has the neighborhood covered. You'll find our reporters in Crenshaw, Leimert Park, Vernon-Central, Jefferson Park and the Vermont Corridor. If you have a story idea from these neighborhoods, email us at ascradio@usc.edu.

Our live newscast are Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00pm-4:20pm on KSCR 1560am or webcast here on the website. You can also hear the live newscast in the East Lobby of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.

Click on the community links to find more about all of the areas we cover.

Staff Bios

Richie Duchon

Executive Producer

Richie is a second year broadcast journalism masters student. Richie lived and breathed public radio as a host, arts reporter and producer in Michigan before arriving at Annenberg. He studied radio documentary for a semester at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine in 2005. Richie has a stong interest in journalism about the environment and is working on learning to tell stories with photos and video. In his spare time, Richie likes to walk with his wife and his two dogs, Kodi and Lola. He loves to bake bread, especially jewish rye, with seeds of course.

Timothy Beck Werth

Executive Producer

Timothy Beck Werth is a senior majoring in print journalism. Even though he's a print major he's been broadcasting with Annenberg Radio News for three years. He has a minor in International Relations and wishes he had enough time to take screenwriting classes. He's originally from Charlotte, NC.

Jessica Flores

Thursday Producer

Jessica Flores worked at Google for two years prior to pursuing a graduate degree and joining Annenberg Radio News. She brings extensive knowledge of search trends and online optimization, and was a founding member of Googles first diversity council. Flores has interned for CNN-Washington and worked for NBC-San Jose. Throughout her undergraduate career, Jessica served as a research assistant, investigating immigration policy. Jessica graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Communication in 2007.

Karen Marcus

Tuesday Producer, Reporter

Karen Marcus is a senior majoring in print journalism and political science at the University of Southern California. She has written for j. the Jewish news weekly in Northern California . She also worked at KTLA-the CW as an internet production intern, The Israel Project as a media fellow and the Center for American Progress as a communications intern. She enjoys the arts and politics and is interested in a career in radio.

Heather Hope

Thursday Host

Heather Hope is a first-year broadcast journalism master's student. She is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University in public affairs journalism and sociology, and is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She served as a senior staff writer and teaching assistant for Ohio State's newspaper, The Lantern, and primarily wrote for the Arts & Life section. Heather has interviewed a host of celebrities, including Russell Simmons, Ne-Yo and Heidi Klum. She gained much broadcast experience as a news producer, anchor and reporter for the school TV station and interned at the NBC4-WCMH station in Columbus, Ohio. There she served as a digital journalist and interviewed the Jonas Brothers. She wrote for and is currently featured on the cover of OSUnity Magazine. She has also studied at the Poynter Institute and is thrilled to be a part of the Annenberg Radio News team.

Ryan Nunez

Production Assistant / Web Editor

Ryan Nunez is a senior communications major in his third semester at USC and his second semester here at ARN. Ryan formerly was a sports columnist for The Courier at Pasadena City College. He hopes to work at USC in the Athletic Department or for a Professional Sports Organization.

Chris Foy

Reporter

Chris Foy is a junior studying Print Journalism, and was born and raised in Southern California. His first semester here as a reporter for Annenberg Radio News, Chris is also currently working as a volunteer at Annenberg TV News. In his spare time, Chris enjoys playing electric guitar and listening to music a bit too loudly during his daily commute.

Sharis Delgadillo

Reporter

Sharis Delgadillo is a Master's student in broadcast journalism. She graduated from UCLA in 2002 with a B.A in Sociology and a minor in Spanish. She studied abroad in Mexico and Spain, and lived in Europe for one year teaching English as a Second Language. In the United States, she worked as a board engineer for Latino 96.3FM, reporter/anchor for KPFK 90.7FM, marketing assistant for URB Magazine, and interned for Atlantic Records and KABC-7. On her free time she recites slam poetry at local spoken word venues.

Michelle LaRue

Reporter

Michelle LaRue is a junior at USC majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Theater. She is a member of the USC Song Girl team and Delta Gamma sorority. Michelle is very passionate about journalism and hopes to one day travel the world as a news reporter.

Ariel Edwards Levy

Reporter

An L.A. native, Ariel Edwards-Levy is a junior majoring in print journalism and political science who has loved reporting since she founded her first newsletter in preschool. At USC, she has worked for the Daily Trojan, ATVN, and ARN. She enjoys covering breaking news and politics at all levels.

Christie Bertch

Reporter

Christie is a senior Broadcast Journalism and Sociology double major. During her free time, she loves playing tennis, golf, beach volleyball and watching sports, spending time with her family, cooking, and reading.

Brandon Marcus

Reporter

Brandon Marcus is a senior majoring in Broadcast Journalism. He was born in Tarzana, CA and always wanted to go USC. He is involved in radio today because of a dream he has been following ever since he was a 7-year-old. He used to listen and watch Laker games and tell his parents, "I am going to replace Chick Hearn when I grow up." Hearn, of course, is a legendary broadcaster, who thrived on radio. Before working at ARN, he was a news anchor and sports anchor for Annenberg TV News. He currently is interning at ESPN Radio, and hope that all the internships and play-by-play he has done along the way will help him get to his ultimate goal of announcing a Game 7 of a NBA Finals.

Ariele Pratt

Reporter

Ariele is a sophomore majoring in Print Journalism at USC. Her previous journalistic experience includes writing for the Daily Trojan where she covered on-campus news and local community stories. Ariele has also written for a few online blogs and hopes to have her own site up and running in the next few months. Her love of reporting and trying new things led her to Annenberg Radio News. Ariele is a Los Angeles native.

Jenna Zwang

Reporter

Jenna Zwang is a senior at USC majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Peace & Conflict Studies. A Seattle native, she hopes one day to become a foreign correspondent. She is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and also works as a host on two Trojan Vision television shows; Take 5, an entertainment show and Platforum, where she hosts politics night. In the past she has interned with NBC Dateline and KIRO TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle.

Trevor Thompson

Reporter

Trevor Thompson works as a reporter on Thursdays for Annenberg Radio News. He has worked at another Annenberg outlet, ATVN, each semester for the past three years. In addition to his current role as an ARN reporter and ATVN news anchor, Trevor has also anchored ATVN's sports segment and served as a video journalist for the station. Trevor has spent time at KCBS/KCAL as an intern in their sports department as well, learning the ropes alongside the likes of Jim Hill and James Worthy. In case you haven't noticed thus far, he has a passion for sports and hopes to make a career as a sports broadcaster/reporter someday. His ultimate goal is to be a SportsCenter anchor, though he wouldn't mind hosting his own political talk show one day (following in the footsteps of Keith Olbermann). Trevor got into journalism in the first place because he has so many interests (in addition to his interest in sports) that he couldn't decide what field he wanted to pursue wholeheartedly. So, he thought journalism would be a good way to stay involved in and on top of his areas of interest which include politics, literature, music, and technology.

Willa Seidenberg

Director / Faculty Advisor

Willa was a broadcast journalist for more than 20 years before coming to USC in January of 2000 as a faculty advisor for Annenberg TV News, USC's television news operation. She is now faculty advisor and director of Annenberg Radio News. Seidenberg started her news career as a public radio reporter, anchor and producer, with stints at WYSO-FM, WBUR-FM and WGBH-FM. She covered the landmark Woburn Toxic Waste Trial in Boston and contributed stories to National Public Radio. Seidenberg began writing television news in 1987 at WBZ-TV in Boston and later moved to KCAL-TV in Los Angeles. She is the co-author of the oral history/photo project: A Matter of Conscience: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War (published in 1992), which she produced with photographer William Short. A Matter of Conscience continues to be exhibited nationally, along with Seidenberg and Short's second oral history/photo project called Memories of the American War: Stories From Viet Nam.

Billy Higgins

Production Supervisor

Think of Billy as the Goldsmith/Tom of ARN. Got a question about Adobe Audition or the radio booth mixing console? He's your man. He graduated from USC in May 2003, where he majored in Cinema and minored in Music Recording, and he has been a part of USC Annenberg's Multimedia Production team since October 2005. Outside of USC, he's been a part-time freelance Assistant Editor, Production Assistant, and Script Supervisor in Hollywood and has been a student intern at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light + Magic in Marin County and at Illingworth & Rodkin Acoustics in his hometown of Petaluma, CA. In addition to Annenberg Radio News, he helps support Annenberg TV News, Impact, the Digital Lab and other technical operations at the Annenberg School. He also does work for USC Recreational Sports as webmaster for the USC Song Girls, Spirit Leaders, and Traveler. To top that, he is enrolled in the Communication Management masters program here at USC Annenberg. In his free time he sleeps.

Music on ARN

The current ARN theme music was composed and produced by Andy Sternberg (M.A. Journalism 2007) and remixed by Billy Higgins. Additional student music was composed and produced by Ben Thompkins (B.S. Music Industry 2008). Other music cues featured on Annenberg Radio News are from various artists protected by BMI and ASCAP and are credited in each newscast in the Live Show Archive on this website.