Los Angeles and Washington, DC, September 29, 2025— The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH), and the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) of USC are proud to announce the inaugural cohort of Senior Fellows in Global Health Communication Leadership. Four senior fellows from Ethiopia,…Continue Reading CCLP and USC Partners Welcome Inaugural Cohort of African Senior Fellows in Global Health Communication Leadership
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CCLP Senior Fellow Anna Malaika Tubbs talked to People Magazine about her new book “Erased”
Anna Malaika Tubbs, a senior fellow at CCLP, shared in an exclusive with People Magazine that she will publish her book “Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us” on May 20. In “Erased,” Tubbs argues that humanity in the U.S. is tied to a “limited and flawed” gender binary and whiteness. “I wrote this…Continue Reading CCLP Senior Fellow Anna Malaika Tubbs talked to People Magazine about her new book “Erased”
CCLP opens applications for its Wildfire Youth Media Initiative, a summer journalism program for fire-impacted high school students
Apply to the Wildfire Youth Media Initiative Applications are now open for the Wildfire Youth Media Initiative at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. The Wildfire Youth Media Initiative is a four-week summer program for high schoolers to help document and report on the January 2025 wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and…Continue Reading CCLP opens applications for its Wildfire Youth Media Initiative, a summer journalism program for fire-impacted high school students
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
CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan for Politico: Opinion | Our Secret Weapon Against Putin Isn’t So Secret
An Excerpt: As has been so often stated, the war in Ukraine is, in large measure, an information war — a battle for hearts and minds. Some news outlets have been doing a brilliant job by using their own reporters as well as pictures and videos from social media, carefully vetted for accuracy, to show…Continue Reading CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan for Politico: Opinion | Our Secret Weapon Against Putin Isn’t So Secret
USC Election Cybersecurity Begins 6th Year, Returns to All 50 States
The bipartisan USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative begins its sixth year of operation, returning for a third year to serve all 50 states, made possible by generous support from Google and additional support from the Annenberg Foundation. More than 5,000 election officials, campaign workers and civic leaders have participated in more than 60 workshops presented by USC…Continue Reading USC Election Cybersecurity Begins 6th Year, Returns to All 50 States
USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative featured on Fox 11
USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative (ECI) Executive Director Adam Clayton Powell III joined Marla Tellez and Elex Michaelson on FOX 11 Los Angeles to discuss cybersecurity threats in the wake of the June 17 conference. The Google-supported initiative will present ten regional nonpartisan workshops training campaigns, election officials, and policymakers to protect local and state elections…Continue Reading USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative featured on Fox 11
Election Cybersecurity: The Experts Corner
CCLP’s USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative publishes a weekly blog by Marie Harf, International Elections Analyst at the USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative, on topics including: election cybersecurity and resources for campaigns and election workers, disinformation and misinformation in campaigns and elections, and lessons we can learn from attempts to disrupt elections in other democracies. Harf’s most…Continue Reading Election Cybersecurity: The Experts Corner
Michael Tubbs joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is proud to announce Michael Tubbs has joined the Center as its newest Senior Fellow. Tubbs is the author of The Deeper The Roots: A Story of Hope and Home and currently serves as the executive chairman of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, the founder…Continue Reading Michael Tubbs joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative Wins 2021 Stanley F. Reed Award
The USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative received the 2021 Stanley F. Reed Award for Best Civic Education Resource for its work in the 2020 election. Given by Campaign and Elections magazine, the Reed Awards recognize outstanding work in political campaigning and public affairs. USC’s Google-supported initiative, led by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, hosted nonpartisan workshops in all 50 states training…Continue Reading USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative Wins 2021 Stanley F. Reed Award