This article by CCLP Senior Research Fellow Mark Latonero was originally published on Trust.org. While many of us might feel we cannot live without the Internet or our cell phones, for refugees access to digital technologies can be a matter of life or death. Numerous media reports have highlighted how smartphones areessential and vital for…
Month: December 2015
CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan to conclude service at Sunnylands in June 2016
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 — Geoffrey Cowan, the president of The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, announced today that after six years as the organization’s founding president he will be leaving the historic, high-level retreat center that he helped to transform into the “Camp David of the West.” The former dean of the University of…
U.S. Food Diplomacy Wins Fans at Milan World’s Fair
WASHINGTON – American use of food diplomacy as a diplomatic and commercial tool was the topic of this month’s CCLP Communication Leadership lunch forum here, and the focus was on the success of the U.S. pavilion at this year’s world’s fair in Milan. America was the unquestioned hit of fair, according to Beatrice Camp, Expo…
In the News: Vasily Gatov quoted in Foreign Policy article
CCLP visiting fellow Vasily Gatov was quoted in this Foreign Policy article about Russian media. Also see: http://shorensteincenter.org/exporting-the-first-amendment-david-ensor/…
New York Times’ Andy Rosenthal joins CCLP advisory board
LOS ANGELES, November 24, 2015 — Journalist and Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal, 59, has been named a member of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy’s Advisory Board, CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan announced today. “I am delighted to join this group dedicated to advancing, modernizing and promoting…
BBG Creates Office of Internet Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. – John Lansing, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), said this morning that BBG has created an Office of Internet Freedom to promote free and open access to online information. The new office will have an initial budget of $14 million, according to Lansing, and will have…