Month: September 2017

Amid a national debate over fake news and political polarization, two Democratic Party lawmakers visited the USC Annenberg School for a discussion on partisanship, the role of the media and the function of our democracy today. Representatives Karen Bass (D-CA37) and Adam Schiff (D-CA28) spoke at Wallis Annenberg Hall on September 19 before a crowd…Continue Reading Congressmembers on Campus: Representatives Bass and Schiff talk Disinformation and Media

Over the summer, representatives from the National Governors Association (NGA) paid a visit to USC for a series of discussions on cyber security, innovation, and the role of technology in state governance. The NGA delegation was welcomed by CCLP Executive Director Geoffrey Cowan and CCLP’s Director of Washington Programs Adam Clayton Powell III. During the three-day…Continue Reading National Governors Association Visits USC to Discuss Cybersecurity Partnership

New York Times bestselling author Jill Leovy, who pioneered an important form of journalism by creating ‘The Homicide Report’ for the Los Angeles Times, has joined the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy as a Senior Fellow. “Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America” (Speigel&Grau/Random House 2015) was a National Book Critics…Continue Reading Award Winning Journalist and Bestselling Author Jill Leovy Joins CCLP as Senior Fellow