Matthew Royer

Los Angeles

Managing Editor at USC Annenberg Media

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LA Unified Unveils Competitive Video Game Esports Championship

1 week ago | the74million.org | Matthew Royer

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter When Los Angeles sophomore Marco Sanchez quit Chatsworth Charter High School’s baseball team, he needed to find a new outlet to build on the teamwork skills he left behind. He said his parents were worried too, wondering “what is Marco going to do now?”The 16-year-old started to consider the school’s Esports program at the suggestion of a friend.
Aging Catholic peaceniks in Germany attempt to attract younger generations

2 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Matthew Royer |Michael Sean Winters

The Pax Christi Germany executive committee knows the group’s future depends on recruiting younger generations. The group met to strategize at last year's Pax Christi Germany conference in Altenberg, Germany. (Courtesy of Pax Christi Germany) Growing up in Germany after World War II, HoPe Raguth remembers walking the grounds of the Auschwitz concentration camp trying to fathom how the generations of his father and grandfather stood idly by such mass atrocity.
LA Unified Unveils Competitive Video Game Esports Championship | LA School Report

2 weeks ago | laschoolreport.com | Matthew Royer

Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today. When Los Angeles sophomore Marco Sanchez quit Chatsworth Charter High School’s baseball team, he needed to find a new outlet to build on the teamwork skills he left behind. He said his parents were worried too, wondering “what is Marco going to do now?”The 16-year-old started to consider the school’s Esports program at the suggestion of a friend. With aspirations of becoming an electrical engineer, the pairing felt right.
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3 weeks ago | morningtrojan.com | Tomo Chien |Matthew Royer

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and we’re “like” so intoreading about Californians’ accents. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today. Student inboxes were hit with a shocking announcement late last night: Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate mogul and influential USC trustee, would serve as the school’s next president. Turns out it was actually an elaborate April Fools’ prank — and we got ahold of the guys who did it.
USC fall acceptance rate increases to 10.4%

4 weeks ago | uscannenbergmedia.com | Matthew Royer

USC’s acceptance rate for first-year fall admissions rose to 10.4% for the incoming class of 2029, according to the USC Office of Admission. Around 83,500 prospective students applied to the university, a new record, and nearly 1,500 more than last year. Last year, the acceptance rate was 9.8%, the lowest in university history.
USC expects to raise acceptance rate for the first time in years

4 weeks ago | morningtrojan.com | Tomo Chien |Matthew Royer

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and we’re reading about how Gen Z can’t find love. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today. As anxious high school seniors burn prayers in r/USC for today’s admissions decisions, one fact may offer them a glimmer of hope: USC expects to raise its acceptance rate for the first time in years, shirking a habit that saw it reach an all-time low of 9.2% last year. This time around, the number will sit at 10%.
Folt stands by DEI shakeup

1 month ago | morningtrojan.com | Tomo Chien |Matthew Royer

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and we expect USC to jack tuition soon. Let’s have some fun with this: Reply directly to this email with what you think next year’s undergraduate tuition will be. Whoever’s closest will win free Morning, Trojan stickers and a shoutout in the newsletter. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today. USC President Carol Folt insisted that not all recent changes to DEI programs were a reaction to Donald Trump’s directives.
Q&A: LA’s New Principal Union President Says Her Members Are Overworked

1 month ago | the74million.org | Matthew Royer

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Maria Nichols, leader of the principals union for the Los Angeles Unified School District, likes to show up for contract negotiations well-prepared. Less than a year into her role as president of the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, the former community schools administrator in December moved to officially affiliate her union with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Q&A: LA’s New Principal Union President Says Her Members Are Overworked | LA School Report

1 month ago | laschoolreport.com | Matthew Royer

Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today. Maria Nichols, leader of the principals union for the Los Angeles Unified School District, likes to show up for contract negotiations well-prepared. Less than a year into her role as president of the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, the former community schools administrator in December moved to officially affiliate her union with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
As US activist grandma ends German prison time, Europe sees shift to favor nuclear deterrence

2 months ago | ncronline.org | Matthew Royer

Susan Crane (left), a Catholic Worker from Redwood City, California, takes her anti-nuclear message inside Büchel Air Force Base in Büchel, Germany. (Courtesy of Susan Crane) Eighty-one-year-old Susan Crane's 230-day prison sentence was nearly over. She prayed inside Martin Luther Evangelical Church in Koblenz, Germany, on New Year's Eve, as the American grandmother of four had done many times during her stay in prison, which granted her weekend furloughs to attend church.