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LOS ANGELES, November 24, 2015 — Journalist and Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal, 59, has been named a member of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy’s Advisory Board, CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan announced today. “I am delighted to join this group dedicated to advancing, modernizing and promoting…Continue Reading New York Times’ Andy Rosenthal joins CCLP advisory board

WASHINGTON, D.C. – John Lansing, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), said this morning that BBG has created an Office of Internet Freedom to promote free and open access to online information. The new office will have an initial budget of $14 million, according to Lansing, and will have…Continue Reading BBG Creates Office of Internet Freedom

Dutch online channel Nieuwwij interviewed CCLP senior fellow Irshad Manji. Four years after the failed attempt of Sharia4Belgium to silence her during a debate in Amsterdam, author Irshad Manji returns to The Netherlands. In the first part of this exclusive interview she looks back on the experience while at the same time lecturing Geert Wilders on…Continue Reading Watch: Nieuwwij interviews Irshad Manji

The Observant, the newspaper of Maastricht University in The Netherlands, interviewed CCLP senior fellow Irshad Manji just before she delivered the 2015 Tans Lecture. “Engage Wilders’ supporters with questions that will make them think” Tans Lecture 2015 by well-known critic of traditional mainstream Islam MAASTRICHT. “Moral courage means doing the right thing in the face…Continue Reading In the News: The Observant interviews Irshad Manji

This book review by CCLP senior fellow Irshad Manji was originally published in The New York Times. Civilization has a civility problem. This I learned long before Donald Trump. In 2005, the prominent “new atheist” Richard Dawkins shouted his disapproval at me — from the audience — during my TED talk at Oxford University. More…Continue Reading NYT Book Review: ‘Islam and the Future of Tolerance’ and ‘Not in God’s Name’

This article by CCLP senior fellow Matthew Dowd was originally published by ABC News. The storyline by many in the media goes as follows: the GOP is in dire straits, they are in the midst of tearing themselves apart by a civil war, they have a disorganized field of candidates, they are about to lose…Continue Reading Do Dems Have Much More to Lose in This Election Than the GOP?

CCLP Senior Research Fellow Mark Latonero has been named a Visiting Scholar at NYU‘s Steinhardt Department of Media, Culture, and Communication….Continue Reading Senior Research Fellow Latonero named NYU Visiting Scholar

WASHINGTON – John Lansing, the new CEO and Director of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, pulled no punches as he discussed a proposed reorganization of America’s international broadcasting: he said it’s a mistake. Ahead of Tuesday’s Senate hearing on options for changing the structure of U.S. government broadcasting, Lansing said one idea in particular…Continue Reading BBG CEO opposes plan to restructure US international broadcasting