Category: News

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is proud to announce that Cindi Leive, the distinguished former editor-in-chief of both Glamour and Self, has become a Senior Fellow. A journalist and cultural critic, Leive is also the co-producer of several New York Times bestsellers, including the 2018 book Together We Rise, about the making of the women’s…Continue Reading Cindi Leive, Journalist and Former Editor-in-Chief of Glamour and Self, Joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow

Today, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that he would not seek re-election. The decision by Paul Ryan comes on the heels of many other revelations from prominent Republican incumbents, such as Senators Bob Corker and Jeff Flake and Representatives Darrell Issa and Ryan Costello, that they will be gracefully retiring in January. So…Continue Reading Midterms: The First Lap

The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to welcome Nancy Gibbs, the former Editor-in-Chief of TIME MAGAZINE, as a Senior Fellow. After graduating from Yale (summa cum laude), Gibbs was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford where she studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics. During her remarkable career at Time, she covered four presidential campaigns…Continue Reading CCLP Welcomes Former Editor in Chief of TIME Nancy Gibbs as a Senior Fellow

California is having no easy year, confronting raging fires, rising gas taxes, questions around immigration, and a dramatic Governor’s race. There was no better time for CCLP to co-host with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics a political conversation with former Governor of California Gray Davis, who shared his expert insight into the challenges…Continue Reading CCLP Co-Hosts Political Conversation with Gray Davis

From cuts to the resources of large news organizations to fresh trends in digital and online content, the evolving media landscape has almost seen it all during the past two decades. More recently, editors and journalists have seen a new demand from communities for creative and community-based reporting. In order to examine how organizations can…Continue Reading CCLP Hosts Convening With McClatchy and Maker City to Explore New Components of McClatchy Business Model

It has already been one year since CCLP partnered with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics to host a screening of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. In that year, the Trump administration has passed major legislation overhauling the tax system, appointed a Supreme Court judge, confronted one government shutdown, and alienated much of…Continue Reading One Year Later: Unruh and CCLP Panel On The Work Of The Trump Administration In 2017

Starting in 2018, pioneering journalist Bruce Koon will join the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) as a Senior Fellow. The Center will benefit from his leadership in the industry at media companies such as KQED and at non-profits such as the Online News Association. Over the years, Koon has led the successful transformations of print…Continue Reading Pioneering Journalist Bruce Koon to Join CCLP as Senior Fellow

Over the past few months, mergers, acquisitions and layoffs — from Time, Inc. selling itself to Meredith Corp. to Gannett cutting back 1 percent of its employees — have rocked the journalism industry, continuing a years-long trend as much of the media world continues to move online. Amid this landscape, a project run by CCLP’s…Continue Reading Journalism’s New Patrons: CCLP and Senior Fellow David Westphal Revisit the Future of News