CCLP Senior Research Fellow Mark Latonero published a piece in this week’s Foreign Affairs about recent investments from the U.S. State Department and others in mobile apps focused on the refugee crisis – and what impact we can reasonably expect from such initiatives. Latonero, who also leads the Data and Human Rights program at the Data & Society…
Year: 2016
New VOA Director: “Great journalism is great public diplomacy”
WASHINGTON — Amanda Bennett, the new Director of the Voice of America, was the featured speaker at this month’s CCLP lunch forum just two weeks after she was sworn in. She introduced herself by saying she was not a diplomat, but she practices public diplomacy. “I’m all journalist and no diplomat,” said Bennett, but she added,…
CCLP Senior Fellow Nicco Mele named director of Shorenstein Center
CCLP Senior Fellow Nicco Mele was recently named the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Mele is currently serves as the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California and is the former Senior Vice President and Deputy…
In the News: Geoff Cowan talks presidential primaries on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
CCLP Director Geoff Cowan appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, April 25. He discussed the importance of unbound delegates in the 2016 presidential nomination process as well as the impact of his new book, Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary. Watch a video of the discussion on MSNBC’s…
Watch CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan on C-SPAN this Sunday, April 24th at 8:30am ET
Cowan will be interviewed on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal call-in program this Sunday, April 24th, at 8:30am ET. He will be discussing the history of presidential primaries and the 2016 election in the context of his new book, Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary. Watch a video of the interview…
Speakers discuss election, economics at international policy conference
Guest speakers from diverse fields including politics, international diplomacy and medicine presented at the Pacific Council on International Policy’s Spring Conference on April 15. The event was co-hosted by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy, and provided an opportunity for PCIP members to learn more about…
New Director of Voice of America sworn in, promising ‘to change in a big way’
WASHINGTON — Amanda Bennett was sworn in this morning as the new Director of the Voice of America, and she promised change: “We do have to change. We must change. We need to change in a big way,” she said, in large part to address the “vast shift in the way people around the world…
Jazz examined as an instrument of U.S. diplomacy at CCLP forum
WASHINGTON — Americans underestimate the impact of jazz on audiences around the world. And in a way that contributes to the power of international tours by U.S. jazz musicians, including and especially tours sponsored by the U.S. State Department. That was the conclusion of all of the participants in this month’s CCLP Communications Leadership forum…
In the News: Coverage of our research, “Yes, the media bears some responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump — here’s proof”
On March 30, 2016, CCLP published an article on Medium.com entitled “Yes, the media bears some responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump — here’s proof.” CCLP Associate Director Ev Boyle and researchers Jane Yi, Rebecca Mulqueen, and Skye Featherstone set out to answer two questions: Just how much coverage are the top online news outlets devoting to Trump?…
CCLP’s Ev Boyle moderates panel at Women in Public Diplomacy Conference
On Friday, March 31, 2016, CCLP’s associate director Ev Boyle moderated a panel on social entrepreneurship at the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars’ annual Public Diplomacy Conference at USC, part of the Master in Public Diplomacy (MPD) program. The theme of this year’s conference was Women in Public Diplomacy. On the panel were Rediate Tekeste,…