MEDIASCAPE: Insights From Digital Changemakers

Join hosts Joseph Itaya and Anika Jackson as they dive into conversations with leaders and changemakers shaping the future of digital media. Each episode explores the frontier of multimedia, artificial intelligence, marketing, branding, and communication, spotlighting how emerging digital trends and technologies are transforming industries across the globe.

MEDIASCAPE is proudly sponsored by USC Annenberg’s Master of Science in Digital Media Management (MSDMM) program. This online master’s program is designed to prepare practitioners to understand the evolving media landscape, make data-driven and ethical decisions, and build a more equitable future by leading diverse teams with the technical, artistic, analytical, and production skills needed to create engaging content and technologies for the global marketplace. Learn more or apply today at https://dmm.usc.edu.

Host

Joseph Itaya

Joseph Itaya is an award-winning film director, digital content creator, technology innovator, educator, and entrepreneur. Itaya specializes in the fusion of storytelling and business, synthesizing brand identity and strategy into compelling multi-media content.

For 20+ years, Itaya has produced/directed multitiered digital campaigns for well known global brands. Itaya founded Legacy Films in 2007, producing documentary films for notable clients. An award-winning feature filmmaker, his films have been distributed to theatrical and television audiences around the world. A pioneer of the live-action of 360VR industry, Itaya is the founder of EVRLAND, bringing travel/wellness/education VR experiences to sick and disadvantaged children. Joseph Itaya is an avid musician, with a BA in composition/piano from the University of Washington, and an MFA in film production from the University of Southern California.

https://annenberg.online.usc.edu/dmm/faculty/joseph-itaya/