John Lansing, President of NPR, will join the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) in March as a Senior Fellow. “With his background as the President of the Scripps Networks, overseeing U.S. International Broadcasting as the CEO of the US Agency for Global Media, and then running National Public Radio, Lansing brings…Continue Reading Former NPR President John Lansing Joins CCLP
Year: 2024
Cowan Pens Politico Article Calling for Primary Reform
In a new article for Politico Magazine, CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan compares the 2024 primary cycle, where both major parties have all but selected their presidential nominees by the end of January, to the 1968 primary cycle, where major candidate Sen. Robert Kennedy did not even declare until March 16. Cowan writes, “At the very…Continue Reading Cowan Pens Politico Article Calling for Primary Reform
Geoff Cowan Featured in Politico
Last week Politico Magazine featured the story of how CCLP Director Geoff Cowan worked with a group of young activists in the 1960s to dramatically reform the presidential primary delegate selection process. The article – titled “Did a Young Democratic Activist in 1968 Pave the Way for Donald Trump?” – traces the current system of…Continue Reading Geoff Cowan Featured in Politico