Travel

Discounted USC Hotel rooms:

Book a room at the USC Hotel just a short walk from the conference venue for the discounted rate of $219 per night. We have only a limited number of rooms available at this rate, so book now by going to this website.

Travel stipend:

To help defray the cost of travel and accommodation, we have a limited number of $1,000 travel stipends set aside for students and working journalists from smaller outlets or those catering to underserved communities. Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 1, 2024. Apply here or at the form below.

The fine print — Please note that we have a limited number of stipends available, so we cannot guarantee one for every applicant. A panel of journalists and journalism educators will carefully review all submissions, and you will be notified of the decision by December 15. Judges will give priority to applicants who reside far from Los Angeles. (People living within 150 miles of USC Annenberg are not eligible for a travel stipend.) If you are awarded a stipend, you will be responsible for arranging all of your travel, such as flights and hotel rooms; the conference organizers will not do that for you. To receive the stipend, you will also need to fill out some online paperwork, and you will be paid only after you attend the conference. If you do not attend, you will not receive the stipend.