This article was written by CCLP Faculty Fellow Philip Seib. In testimony to Congress last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the existence of an ongoing "information war" that the United States is losing. In addition to saying that "Al Jazeera is winning," Clinton pointed to the major investments in international broadcasting being made by China and Russia. The Chinese effort is of particular importance. As Secretary Clinton said, "We are in a competition for influence with China; let's put aside the moral, humanitarian, do-good side of what we believe in, and let's just talk straight realpolitik."……
Month: March 2011
Leading the Way to Better News: The Role of Leadership in a World Where Most of the “Powers That Be” Became the “Powers That Were”
By Geoffrey Cowan Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2007 University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, University of Southern California February 15, 2008 #D-44 © 2008 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Published by Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Discussion Paper Series Abstract During the past several years, as traditional news operations have faced sharp declines in circulation, advertising, viewership, and audiences, and as they have begun to make a seemingly unrelenting series of cuts in the newsroom budgets, scholars and professionals have been seeking formulas or models designed to reverse……
Seib in Fast Company – Al Jazeera
In an article by FastCompany, Faculty Fellow Phil Seib has been cited on the inquiry to made by cable companies like Time Warner and Comcast to bring Al Jazeera to an American audience. Seib argues that the ownership of Al Jazeera by Sheik Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani and its location in Qatar has allowed the network to functionas a source of diplomatic leverage for the Qatari government…….
Glickman in PR Newswire – Aspen
The Aspen Institute has announced the appointment of Senior Fellow Dan Glickman to the position of executive director of its Congressional Program, according to PR Newswire. "The Institute could not have found a person better suited to assume leadership of this remarkable program than Dan Glickman," said Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson…….
Bennis in PR Web – Linkage
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis will serve as faculty member to Linkage's Organizational Development Summit, according to PR Web. This seminar was created by The HR Generalist School and was designed to equip Human Resource Generalists tasked with additional responsibilities–including strategic organizational development initiatives–for success…….
Education and training of foreign service must be enhanced to protect US interests
With support from the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, senior fellow Jeremy Curtin was the lead drafter of a major new study Forging a 21st Century Diplomatic Service for the United States Through Professional Education and Training , sponsored by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. The report focuses on the new and expanding demands on American diplomacy in the 21st century and the training and resources required to meet them successfully. The report argues that the rising importance of "civilian power" in the U.S. national security equation, as Secretary of State Hillary……
CCLP partners with California Council for the Humanities to present forum on Democracy & Civic Discourse
CCLP has partnered with the California Council for the Humanities and organizations across California to present a major conference on Democracy and Political Discourse. Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan is a featured panelist in the program and CCLP research staff will join a statewide effort to advance civic conversation. The March 4th event at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy kicks off Searching for Democracy–a two-year CCH initiative designed to foster public discourse on the meaning of democracy through a series of local, regional and statewide activities. The topics of civic discourse and democracy take center stage at the……