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USC Off the Beaten Path: The Search for Spirituality

Jessica Roberts

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I completed my bachelor's degree in English and Spanish at the University of Michigan in 2002. Over consecutive summers I lived in Spain and Ecuador, and wrote my honors thesis on the influence of media on the concept of beauty in Ecuador.

After graduation I moved to the Czech Republic, where I worked as a teacher and editor for one year. I then moved to Thailand and taught there for 16 months before returning to the United States to begin graduate studies at the Annenberg School at USC. While at Annenberg I worked for Jay Harris at the Center for the Study of Journalism and Democracy and as a project associate at the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships. I recently completed my master's degree in Print Journalism.

I have interned as a reporter at the Cape Times in South Africa and the Santa Monica Daily Press in California and have done freelance, stringer or research work for the Associated Press, the Santa Monica Daily Press and Forbes.

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The News21 fellows at USC report on the search for spirituality on paths that intersect with business, science, culture and even sports. Check out "Fellowship of the Rings" and "Fire Poi" for a look at how sport can lead to spirituality. Our tour of spiritual sites in California, a "Magical Mystery Tour" of the state will show you the places to visit off the beaten path. Interested in the cutting edge in treating war vets returning from Iraq? See the story on the military using mindfulness techniques.

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