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…Continue Reading With support from Google, USC Annenberg expands effort to protect elections from digital attacks
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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…Continue Reading Jess Cagle, former Editor-in-Chief of People Magazine, joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
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…Continue Reading CCLP partners with the National Governors Association on a 2020 cybersecurity initiative
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…Continue Reading A Conversation with Jill Abramson
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…Continue Reading Jonathan Fanton joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
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”
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
A full house at Wallis Annenberg Hall for the first presidential debate
More than 800 USC students and faculty packed into Wallis Annenberg Hall last Monday night for a panel and viewing of the first presidential debate, an event put on by The Annenberg Center and the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. For a full recap with more photos and social media posts from students, check…Continue Reading A full house at Wallis Annenberg Hall for the first presidential debate
CCLP and USC Annenberg Students at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions
This July, Geoffrey Cowan and the team at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) arranged for a small, select group of USC student journalists to attend and report from both the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA. The trip was organized in partnership…Continue Reading CCLP and USC Annenberg Students at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions