By: Grace Carballo ‘17

Last Tuesday, USC’s School of Cinematic Arts aired a pre-screening of ABC’s new miniseries, “When We Rise,” which officially premieres next week on February 27. Queer Cut, the LGBTQA Student Association of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, hosted the event, which my friend and I were very excited to attend. All SC students, faculty, and guests had the opportunity to attend, but if you missed it, I highly encourage you to watch when it airs on Monday. If the rest of this post doesn’t compel you, then maybe the trailer will. ABC provided feedback forms for those in attendance to fill out after the screening. Fortunately, one of the co-presidents of Queer Cut reminded everyone that leaving sections of the form blank was absolutely fine, as ABC seemed to view gender as a binary concept. The feedback forms were definitely not made with this specific screening in mind.

By: Lauren Brose ‘15

Ben Blatt is the Executive Director, Digital Strategy at ABC Television. He is the creative genius behind the #TGIT campaign that kicked outa trifecta of prime time television perfection that included back-to-back-to-back episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder. At Annenberg’s 2nd annual Media Mix and Mingle networking event, I had a chance to sit down and listen to Blatt’s insights on digital marketing strategy as he served as the event’s keynote speaker.