Over 400 USC students watched the 2024 presidential election unfold on Tuesday, Nov. 5, on the big screens of Wallis Annenberg Hall, where USC faculty and experts sat in front offering live analysis and explanations of electoral politics. Hosted by USC Annenberg in partnership with USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future and CCLP, the…Continue Reading USC Annenberg hosts 2024 election watch party, with CCLP as partner
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CCLP releases magazines, panel recordings and summary of its 2024 RNC and DNC roundtables
For the 16th year, CCLP hosted a series of roundtable conversations at both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. To read our RNC and DNC magazines, watch the panel recordings, and learn more, please view our 2024 CCLP at the Conventions page….Continue Reading CCLP releases magazines, panel recordings and summary of its 2024 RNC and DNC roundtables
CCLP Remembers Senior Fellow and Former NPR President John Lansing
It is with great sadness that CCLP learned of the death of CCLP Senior Fellow John Lansing. He passed away unexpectedly on August 14, 2024. He was 67 years old. Lansing joined CCLP in March 2024 after an illustrious career in journalism and media. He influenced airwaves across the United States and abroad as the…Continue Reading CCLP Remembers Senior Fellow and Former NPR President John Lansing
Steve Scully Joins CCLP as Visiting Fellow
CCLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Steve Scully as a Visiting Fellow. Scully served as political editor, host, and senior executive producer of C-SPAN’s programming, including Washington Journal, the Road to the White House series, and its podcast The Weekly. He currently hosts “The Briefing with Steve Scully” on Sirius XM POTUS. Scully has also served as an…Continue Reading Steve Scully Joins CCLP as Visiting Fellow
Scott Bates joins CCLP as Election Cybersecurity Fellow
CCLP is pleased to welcome former US election official Scott Bates as a new Election Cybersecurity Fellow. Bates joins an exceptional team at CCLP working to protect campaigns and elections from cybersecurity threats. The Election Cybersecurity Initiative (ECI), led by Executive Director Adam Clayton Powell III, informs and trains election officials around the United States…Continue Reading Scott Bates joins CCLP as Election Cybersecurity Fellow
Julia Turner to join USC Annenberg as Senior Fellow
Julia Turner, Senior Vice President for Content Business Strategy at the Los Angeles Times, will join the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) as a Senior Fellow, focusing on ways to develop new, sustainable business models to preserve and protect journalism and strengthen community and democracy, particularly in Southern California. Before joining…Continue Reading Julia Turner to join USC Annenberg as Senior Fellow
Former NPR President John Lansing Joins CCLP
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
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
Junior Fellow Owen Foster Writes Article on News Media Ecosystems
Working with Senior Fellow Morley Winograd, Foster conducted novel analysis on a set of Pew Research data to draw conclusions about how social media news ecosystems relate to political ideology in the United States. The article appeared in a series on how younger voters will impact elections, and is also a part of the FixGov…Continue Reading Junior Fellow Owen Foster Writes Article on News Media Ecosystems
Isaac Blacksin to become CCLP Research Fellow
Isaac Blacksin, a media theorist and an ethnographer of military conflict, has spent time in war-zones from Afghanistan to Ukraine. His writing appears in various scholarly and popular venues, including Media, War & Conflict, Applied Journalism and Media Studies, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, boundary 2, Viewpoint Magazine, Kyoto Journal, and Worlding Asia. Isaac’s first…Continue Reading Isaac Blacksin to become CCLP Research Fellow