Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor, Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, and Director of the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy at the University of Southern California, is being inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 229th class of new fellows in Boston on Saturday, October 10. The program "celebrates pioneering research and scholarship, artistic achievement, and exemplary service to society." "The Induction ceremony celebrates the Academy's mission and the accomplishments of its newly elected members," said Chief Executive Officer Leslie Berlowitz. "Through three centuries of service, the Academy and its Fellows have been dedicated to intellectual leadership and……
Month: October 2009
FTC overhauls regs on advertiser-blogger relationships
For the first time since 1980, the Federal Trade Commission amended its regulations to ensure celebrities or anyone promoting a product online fully disclose the results a consumer can expect to find. If violated, bloggers face an $11,000 fine per infraction. You can read the article on PaidContent.org here…….
Study finds media fell short on economic reporting
A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that journalists largely missed the story on the financial hardships of ordinary people during the economic crisis that began last fall. The media content analysis also showed that when the stock market rebounded, news coverage notably subsided. You can read about the Pew Center's new study on the the New York Times' website here…….
Two Newspaper Models: Microlocal success, large market challenges
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The latest evidence of financial viability of microlocal news comes from an article in the Wall Street Journal describing the Register-Star, a successful newspaper in Hudson, a town in Columbia County, New York. The formula is a familiar one: "a rich diet of local politics, education news, crime, school sports and people stories." And according to the Journal article, the Register-Star never relied on classified advertising as heavily as the major metro dailies, all of which have seen their classified ad revenue eviscerated by craigslist.com. But that's another blog; let's go back to the editorial side, to……
Concert & Conversation: Peter Buffett
In partnership with the USC Thornton School of Music and the USC Marshall School of Business, USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy presents a concert and conversation with Grammy Award-winning musician Peter Buffett. He has released 15 records and scored the memorable "Fire Dance" scene in the Oscar-winning film Dances With Wolves. He also composed the full score for 500 Nations, the eight-hour Emmy Award-winning CBS miniseries produced by actor, Kevin Costner. Son of legendary investor Warren Buffett, he intersperses his songs with personal anecdotes and offers candid look into "his upbringing, the lessons he's learned, and their……
Communication Leadership Open Forum: Bill Boyarsky and Tom Hollihan
Join Geoffrey Cowan, USC Annenberg Professor and director of the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy for a discussion on current events, including media coverage of the debate on health care reform and the history and future of the Los Angeles Times. Special guests include veteran editor and author Bill Boyarsky, author of the new book Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times and communication professor Tom Hollihan, author of Uncivil Wars: Political Campaigns in a Media Age. Book signing follows discussion. Lunch will be served. RSVP requested. To RSVP, click here. 12 noon. Annenberg Research Park's Kerckhoff Hall, 734……
Communication Leadership Open Forum: Peter Steinfels, religion columnist, The New York Times
Join David Westphal, CCLP senior fellow and USC Annenberg executive in residence, Geoffrey Cowan, USC University Professor and director of the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and Varun Soni, USC Dean of Religious Life, for a discussion on media, politics and religion. Special guest: Peter Steinfels, "Beliefs" columnist for the New York Times and co-director of the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture. His topic: A Catholic Approach to American Public Life. He writes "A review of different understandings of secularization suggests that the U.S., in fact, can be called a 'post-secular' society, preeminently and irreversibly secular in some……
Book review: ‘The Clinton Tapes’ by Taylor Branch
The Dallas Morning News ran a book review by Faculty Fellow Philip Seib on "The Clinton Tapes" by Taylor Branch. "Among the most valuable tools for scholars and others interested in a specific presidency is a contemporaneous record: letters or a diary that captures the president's real-time reactions to crucial moments. 'The Clinton Tapes' presents a version of this," Seib wrote…….
CCLP co-sponsors first national summit on arts journalism
"If a concert happens and no one writes about it, did it really happen?" asked Doug McLennan, co-director of the National Summit on Arts Journalism (NSAJ), a gathering co-sponsored by the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. With over half of the nation's arts journalists unemployed, the summit explored the future of arts journalism by presenting ten innovative projects and two conversations about the evolving art and reinventing business of arts journalism. "Our aim here is not to tell you what's next for arts journalism, but to raise questions, highlight issues and……
‘A National Summit on Arts Journalism’ convenes
The Los Angeles Times highlighted a conference at the USC Annenberg School, "A National Summit on Arts Journalism," which was held for an invited audience of roughly 200 people and streamed live on the Internet. The event was co-organized by Faculty Fellow Sasha Anawalt, the story noted…….