LA Times op-ed: Director Geoffrey Cowan commemorates the life of Norman Corwin. Full Story…….Continue Reading Scenes from Norman Corwin’s life: A couple of geniuses and a kiddie toy
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VOA Africa adds direct-to-phone programs, evading censorship and intimidation
WASHINGTON — Voice of America's Africa service has begun programming directly to mobile telephones. Delivering news and information in regions where independent journalists are censored or intimidated…….Continue Reading VOA Africa adds direct-to-phone programs, evading censorship and intimidation
USC Marshall’s ‘Passport to the World’
This blog first appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek website. As I'm writing this on the West Coast at 11 p.m., Oct. 11, three top administrators from the University of Southern California–Provost Elizabeth Garrett; James Ellis, dean of the Marshall School of Business; and his vice dean for academic affairs, John Matsusaka–are in Milan wrapping up an agreement with their counterparts at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Bocconi University. These three universities are collaborating to launch a three-continent degree program that will take students from Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Milan. They've formed a partnership……Continue Reading USC Marshall’s ‘Passport to the World’
African mobile technology services developed for news and empowerment: Universal access
"No Internet needed." Those three words are seen more and more often promoting new mobile phone applications in Africa, where the newest apps are more likely than not to be free, to run on cheap low-end phones, and to function even without Internet access. In Africa, you can also use your cell phone to listen to "radio" programs from sources ranging from broadcasters to public service providers – and again without Internet access…….Continue Reading African mobile technology services developed for news and empowerment: Universal access
Latonero discusses greater use of mobile technology to combat human trafficking online in Kathmandu
On September 18, 2012, research director Mark Latonero addressed The Asia Foundation workshop on Counter-Trafficking in Persons in Kathmandu, Nepal. Representatives from The Asia Foundation field offices across the Asia Pacific Region attended, along with representatives from USAID, AusAID, and DFID. Other participants included experts on trafficking in persons from the psychology, health, and legal fields…….Continue Reading Latonero discusses greater use of mobile technology to combat human trafficking online in Kathmandu
Live presidential debate screening gathers record numbers of the USC community
Record crowds assembled at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism for the election season's first presidential debate, held on October 3, 2012. The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, in partnership with Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, welcomed over 350 members of the USC community throughout the evening, the largest ever debate viewing on the USC campus…….Continue Reading Live presidential debate screening gathers record numbers of the USC community
Public Media Futures forum acknowledges the challenge of online content management
On September 20, 2012 the USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, in partnership with the American University School of Communication and Current.org presented the fourth installment of Public Media Futures forum at Bloomberg's offices in San Francisco, CA. The fourth installment of Public Media Future's highlighted news content innovation and social media collaborate facilitation within the public broadcasting sector. Watch the forum below:……Continue Reading Public Media Futures forum acknowledges the challenge of online content management
David Ensor, Director, Voice of America, headlines the launch of CCLP monthly Washington DC forums
WASHINGTON – David Ensor, Director of the Voice of America (VOA), lead the discussion at the first of a series of CCLP monthly lunch forums on October 1, 2012. The forum focused on discussing coverage of the 2012 election by U.S. international broadcasting. Ensor presented a handful of the sixty produced VOA web sites, including election coverage, and he described "20 to 30" live shots produced each day. According to Ensor, the resources required to produce convention coverage this year alone cost $800,000. Anticipating coverage for the first presidential debate on Wednesday, October, 3 VOA will offer several cross platform……Continue Reading David Ensor, Director, Voice of America, headlines the launch of CCLP monthly Washington DC forums
White House highlights efforts to engage technology in fight against trafficking
President Barack Obama took major action to bolster efforts to combat human trafficking on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. He announced new measures during an address to the Clinton Global Initiative, including an executive order that incorporates key research from USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy conducted by a team led by research director Mark Latonero…….Continue Reading White House highlights efforts to engage technology in fight against trafficking
Report: Internet freedom in peril, ‘glass three-quarters empty’
WASHINGTON – An annual assessment of global Internet freedom has at best mixed news. The 2012 survey, "Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media," by Freedom House, finds repressive governments are becoming increasingly clever in their efforts to block messages and content. Full Report: FOTN 2012 FINAL.pdf "Tactics used are becoming more sophisticated and more diverse," Sanja Kelly, Project Director for the Freedom House survey, said at this morning's briefing, and she pointed to a newly popular method that has spread widely among repressive regimes: defamation…….Continue Reading Report: Internet freedom in peril, ‘glass three-quarters empty’