With support from Google, USC Annenberg expands effort to protect elections from digital attacks

With support from Google, USC Annenberg is working with five other USC schools to train election and campaign officials nationwide to protect elections from digital attacks PRESS RELEASE – Nov 14, 2019 Contact: Emily Gersema at gersema@usc.edu or (213) 361-6730, or Emily Cavalcanti at emilycav@usc.edu or (213) 280-0699 The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP), together with partners from…

Jess Cagle, former Editor-in-Chief of People Magazine, joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) welcomes Jess Cagle, one of the nation’s most respected entertainment journalists, as its newest Senior Fellow. As Editor-in-Chief of People magazine from 2014 until he stepped down in March of this year, he grew its audience to 100 million across print, digital and video, and led People’s successful expansion into…

CCLP partners with the National Governors Association on a 2020 cybersecurity initiative

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy partners with the National Governors Association for six in-state cybersecurity workshops to prepare for the 2020 elections On Wednesday, June 5, the National Governors Association issued a press release announcing that it will hold a series of in-state workshops on cybersecurity and elections in partnership with…

Rep. Joe Kennedy talks politics at Annenberg

For Representative Joe Kennedy III, politics has a lot to do with principles. The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy partnered with the Center for the Political Future and Undergraduate Student Government to invite the Massachusetts congressman to campus on March 19. Speaking to a crowd gathered in Wallis Annenberg Hall, Kennedy acknowledged…

A Conversation with Jill Abramson

Leading one of the world’s most influential news outlets offers unique insight into the modern age of reporting. Jill Abramson, former Executive Editor of the New York Times, has witnessed radical changes sweeping the journalism and media industries. Observing these disruptions, her new book Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for…

Jonathan Fanton joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is delighted to welcome Jonathan F. Fanton as the Center’s newest Senior Fellow. During his remarkable career in education and philanthropy, Dr. Fanton has served as the President of The New School for Social Research in New York City, President of The John D. and…

Writers James and Deborah Fallows join CCLP as Senior Fellows

The Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to announce that James and Deborah Fallows are joining the Center as Senior Fellows. One of America’s leading reporters, James Fallows is currently a national correspondent for The Atlantic. Deborah is an author and linguist. They spent five years crisscrossing America in a small…