Four leaders from media and public policy have joined the advisory board of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. The new board members are Ina Coleman, managing director, Feminist Majority Foundation; Clothilde Hewlett, a partner in the San Francisco office of Nossaman LLP; Gary Pruitt, chairman of the board, CEO and president of The McClatchy Company; and Robert H. Tuttle, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Short biographical sketches of the new board members are provided below. “Each of these board members will make an important substantive contribution to our work – Gary Pruitt to our……
Month: April 2010
California’s Stimulus Package: Meg Whitman
Senior Fellow Richard Reeves wrote about Proposition 15 on this year's California ballot in his column for Universal Press Syndicate. The proposition would institute public financing for the secretary of state's office. Reeves wrote: "It was endorsed last week by the state's ranking political sage, George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times, not because he thought it was important in and of itself, but because 'It's a small, awkward step in a good direction.' A good direction, he argued, is public financing, and Proposition 15 might lead to the overthrow of the state's constitutional ban on such financing."……
Cowan presents research on Public Policy and Funding the News at the Federal Trade Commission
CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan presented the center's latest research on Public Policy and Funding the News as part of a two-day Federal Trade Commission workshop exploring how the Internet has affected journalism, held March 9-10 at the FTC headquarters in Washington, D.C….
August Is Too Long to Wait for Amanpour
For those of us who have complained about the dumbing-down of news on television, declared journalism dead or carped about too few women in leading roles on TV news programs, it's time to celebrate: Beginning in August, ABC News will put Christiane Amanpour in the host chair of its Sunday morning talk show "This Week."……
August Is Too Long to Wait for Amanpour
The Huffington Post featured a piece by Senior Fellow Cinny Kennard on ABC News' announcement that Christiane Amanpour will host the Sunday morning talk show stalwart "This Week" beginning in August. Kennard wrote, "For those of us who have complained about the dumbing-down of news on television, declared journalism dead or carped about too few women in leading roles on TV news programs, it's time to celebrate."……
Out of the spotlight
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman wrote a piece for POLITICO on leaving the Hollywood spotlight as chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America to become an advocate for millions of displaced people as president of Refugees International…….