{"id":5297,"date":"2023-11-20T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/?page_id=5297"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T19:10:48","slug":"for-journalists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/for-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"For Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"\/news\/\" >Keck School of Medicine Newsroom<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div 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