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……Continue Reading Leaders in Media and Public Affairs Join CCLP Advisory Board
Year: 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."……Continue Reading California’s Stimulus Package: Meg Whitman
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….Continue Reading Cowan presents research on Public Policy and Funding the News at the Federal Trade Commission
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."……Continue Reading August Is Too Long to Wait for Amanpour
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."……Continue Reading August Is Too Long to Wait for Amanpour
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…….Continue Reading Out of the spotlight
Cowan testifies at FPPC meeting on paid political ads on the Internet
A subcommittee of the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), the state's independent watchdog for politics and campaigns, conducted a hearing at USC's Gould School of Law on March 24 to discuss the current trends of paid political activity on the Internet, email and social networking sites. CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan testified at the session, discussing the 2003 report of the Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices–which he chaired–and the developments in the area since the report was issued. Read Cowan's testimony at the proceedings. Or read the 2003 Bipartisan California Commission on Internet Political Practices report …….Continue Reading Cowan testifies at FPPC meeting on paid political ads on the Internet
Dan Glickman leaves the MPAA
NPR aired an interview with CCLP senior fellow Dan Glickman as he stepped down as president of the Motion Picture Association of America…….Continue Reading Dan Glickman leaves the MPAA
‘Top Secret’ play and discussion series in New York City wrap with a bright future
Produced by LA Theatre Works in partnership with New York Theatre Workshop and Affinity Collaborative Theatre, Leroy Aarons and Geoffrey Cowan's Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers closed with rave reviews and an impressive model for using theater to explore and discuss the role of media in a democracy. The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy organized conversations focused on the tension between issues of national security and a free press that included journalists, scholars, jurists, and public policy leaders from partner organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Columbia Journalism Review, New York University, and more…….Continue Reading ‘Top Secret’ play and discussion series in New York City wrap with a bright future
Pentagon Papers: The Glory Days of Journalism
The Atlantic reviewed the play Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, by CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan. "Ultimately, the contents of the Pentagon Papers mattered less to events than the great confrontation over whether the press could override government's objections to their release," the article stated. "So if you get a chance to see Top Secret or watch the panel on C-SPAN, here's what to remember: important decisions being made today by proprietors and journalists will be judged by history. Let's hope they meet the test."……Continue Reading Pentagon Papers: The Glory Days of Journalism