WASHINGTON – New initiatives by U.S. international broadcasting to counter Russian propaganda were the focus of this month's CCLP Washington Communication Leadership forum here yesterday. Jeffrey Trimble, Deputy Director of the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau, said the innovations are in response to what he called Russia's "weaponization" of international news and information. Left to right: Jeffrey N. Trimble, Deputy Director of the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau; Alen Mlatisuma, Internet Managing Editor, Voice of America Eurasia Divisision; and William Harrison Courtney, former U.S. ambassador and Executive Director, RAND Business Leaders Forum. One of the new ventures described by Trimble is "Current……
Year: 2014
New Report: Lessons Learned from the Get Mobile Forum on Mobile Technology for Community Engagement
This is a blog post by Beatriz Solis, Program Director at The California Endowment Healthy Communities (South Region), and Geoffrey Cowan, Director of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. At the 2014 Get Mobile Forum, we invited technology leaders and local community organizers to learn from each other, exploring how organizations can use mobile technology in their efforts to engage and empower the communities of Los Angeles. Today we’re excited to announce the release of our report: Lessons Learned From the Get Mobile Forum on Mobile Technology for Community Engagement. Download the report: High resolution PDF (5.9……
Open Data LA workshop connects community leaders and city officials
City governments around the world have started to release public data sets (called "open data") that can help communities and businesses address issues in areas such as transportation, healthcare, and economic development. CCLP's Open Data LA team partnered with the City of Pasadena to host a workshop on October 25 for city officials, application developers, thought leaders, and interested citizens to form new connections and discuss the future of open data. Titled Beyond Hackathons: What's Next for Open Data in Pasadena?, the workshop focused on several discussion questions, including:……
Geoffrey Cowan quoted in The Washington Post
Director Geoffrey Cowan was quoted in The Washington Post, discussing "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson, which Cowan adapted for his USC course on entrepreneurship. "I want to show my students examples of how the innovators broke rules and took chances," said Cowan…….
Senior fellow Dan Glickman interviewed by Harvard Institute of Politics
The Harvard Institute of Politics interviewed senior fellow Dan Glickman in this video discussing the hyper-partisanship in Washington and what the future of politics looks like…….
‘Journalism alone’ not enough to combat ISIS media messages
WASHINGTON – The propaganda spread by ISIS is more powerful and sophisticated than Al Qaeda's media messages of just a few years ago. So now, "journalism alone" is not sufficient for the U.S. to combat the Islamic state's media campaign. That was the message from two U.S. international broadcasting executives, Shameem Rassam, Executive Producer of Alhurra Iraq, and Davin Hutchins, Director of Digital Content for the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, at Monday's CCLP Communication Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. Left to right: Shameem Rassam, Davin Hutchins, and Donald Bishop, President of the Public Diplomacy Council. Where Al Qaeda relied on……
Will China Crush the Hong Kong Protests?
The Wall Street Journal published an article by senior fellow Orville Schell titled "Will China Crush the Hong Kong Protests?"……
The New Yorker published an aritcle by senior fellow Orville Schell
The New Yorker published an article by senior fellow Orville Schell about a Chinese artist confronting an environmental disaster…….
The Herculean Effort Taken By One Group To Show Hollywood Is Sexist
Faculty fellow Stacy Smith was featured in FiveThirtyEight for her research on gender stereotypes in film…….
The Hispanic Resource Center at TCCL’s Martin Regional Library Hosts a Talk by Roberto Suro
The Hispanic Resource Center at Tulsa City-County Library's Martin Regional Library hosted a talk by faculty fellow Roberto Suro about the changes in America's Latino community in the past decade…….