The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to welcome political speechwriter and strategist Dan Schwerin as its newest Senior Fellow. Schwerin was the principal collaborator on Hillary Clinton’s two most recent bestselling memoirs, Hard Choices (2014) and What Happened (2017) and served as the Director of Speechwriting for Hillary Clinton’s…Continue Reading Political Speechwriter Dan Schwerin joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
Year: 2018
Senior Fellows Morley Winograd and Peter Hirshberg host “Localism: Building America from the Bottom Up”
In the two years that have elapsed since the election of President Donald Trump, national political discourse has centered on the divisions in American society — particularly the apparent split between urban, coastal progressives and inland, rural conservatives. But over the course of five years, traveling to numerous towns across the United States, authors James…Continue Reading Senior Fellows Morley Winograd and Peter Hirshberg host “Localism: Building America from the Bottom Up”
CCLP convenes panel on media bias and free press
On Oct. 23, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy and the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future gathered a panel of experts on media, politics and public relations for a discussion on the politics of the free press — with the goal of understanding why trust in the media is at…Continue Reading CCLP convenes panel on media bias and free press
Nancy Gibbs succeeds Norman Pearlstine as the new co-chair of CCLP’s advisory board
The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is delighted to announce that Nancy Gibbs, one of the nation’s leading writers and editors, will be the new co-chair of CCLP’s advisory board. She succeeds Norman Pearlstine, who is now the executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, and joins Mickey Kantor, CCLP’s other co-chair….Continue Reading Nancy Gibbs succeeds Norman Pearlstine as the new co-chair of CCLP’s advisory board
CCLP Welcomes Director of the USC Annenberg Media Center Christina Bellantoni as a Faculty Fellow
The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy is pleased to welcome USC Professor Christina Bellantoni, Director of the Annenberg Media Center, as its newest Faculty Fellow. Before joining USC, Professor Bellantoni was the assistant managing editor for politics at the Los Angeles Times where she spearheaded the expansion of the California politics team and…Continue Reading CCLP Welcomes Director of the USC Annenberg Media Center Christina Bellantoni as a Faculty Fellow
CCLP Welcomes Director of the USC Annenberg Media Center Christina Bellantoni as a Faculty Fellow
The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy is pleased to welcome USC Professor Christina Bellantoni, Director of the Annenberg Media Center, as its newest Faculty Fellow. Before joining USC, Professor Bellantoni was the assistant managing editor for politics at the Los Angeles Times where she spearheaded the expansion of the California politics team and…Continue Reading CCLP Welcomes Director of the USC Annenberg Media Center Christina Bellantoni as a Faculty Fellow
Experts discuss the politics of polling at CCLP forum
Journalists, politicians and voters all rely on polls — and often, they’re seen as objective measures, impervious to the partisan divide. But what steps go into gathering the data, and what factors can affect the results? These are the questions that four panelists attempted to answer on Sept. 25 in “Polling: art, science or guesswork?”…Continue Reading Experts discuss the politics of polling at CCLP forum
CCLP welcomes León Krauze, Emmy-winning news anchor and author, as a Senior Fellow
The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to announce that León Krauze will become a new Senior Fellow. An author, academic, award-winning journalist, and Emmy-winning news anchor, Krauze will bring his rich personal background and multi-award winning journalistic expertise to CCLP’s conversations and research on foreign affairs and media. Krauze previously…Continue Reading CCLP welcomes León Krauze, Emmy-winning news anchor and author, as a Senior Fellow
Craig Calhoun, Social Sciences Professor and Former Director of the London School of Economics, joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is delighted to welcome Craig Calhoun as its newest Senior Fellow. A former Director of the London School of Economics and the first President of the Berggruen Institute, Calhoun joins a cohort of CCLP senior fellows who are at the forefront of journalism, public diplomacy,…Continue Reading Craig Calhoun, Social Sciences Professor and Former Director of the London School of Economics, joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
Media’s Gender Revolution
When we consider the history of women in journalism – we are confronted with many contradictions. For more than a century, countless women have made significant contributions to the profession, and society, through their reporting. From Margaret Fuller, the first female American foreign correspondent, to Ida B. Wells, one of the nation’s most influential…Continue Reading Media’s Gender Revolution