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One year ago this week, CCLP hosted a presidential election event that went strikingly different from the gubernatorial election screening and panel the Center hosted this November in partnership with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics. Compared to the 2016 election viewing, the results from New Jersey and Virginia rolled in rather early and…Continue Reading Election Day 2017: Partisan politics take center stage at CCLP and Unruh Institute Panel

On October 24, CCLP partnered with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics to host a panel discussion featuring a number of prominent political figures in California at USC’s Wallis Annenberg Hall. The event, titled “Mainstream or Extreme? The Intraparty Divides,” invited guests from across the political spectrum to comment on policy issues that separate…Continue Reading “Mainstream or Extreme? The Intraparty Divides” Panel Talks Party Power Struggles Among Republicans and Democrats

At a time of growing awareness about the challenges women face in the workplace, the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy hosted two female business leaders for talks on digital entrepreneurship, women’s rights, and introversion. Former Playboy Enterprises CEO Christie Hefner visited the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism on September 20, while author and…Continue Reading Christie Hefner and Morra Aarons-Mele talk media and empowerment at Annenberg

Amid a national debate over fake news and political polarization, two Democratic Party lawmakers visited the USC Annenberg School for a discussion on partisanship, the role of the media and the function of our democracy today. Representatives Karen Bass (D-CA37) and Adam Schiff (D-CA28) spoke at Wallis Annenberg Hall on September 19 before a crowd…Continue Reading Congressmembers on Campus: Representatives Bass and Schiff talk Disinformation and Media

Over the summer, representatives from the National Governors Association (NGA) paid a visit to USC for a series of discussions on cyber security, innovation, and the role of technology in state governance. The NGA delegation was welcomed by CCLP Executive Director Geoffrey Cowan and CCLP’s Director of Washington Programs Adam Clayton Powell III. During the three-day…Continue Reading National Governors Association Visits USC to Discuss Cybersecurity Partnership

New York Times bestselling author Jill Leovy, who pioneered an important form of journalism by creating ‘The Homicide Report’ for the Los Angeles Times, has joined the USC Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership & Policy as a Senior Fellow. “Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America” (Speigel&Grau/Random House 2015) was a National Book Critics…Continue Reading Award Winning Journalist and Bestselling Author Jill Leovy Joins CCLP as Senior Fellow

By: Jung-Hwa “Judy” Kang “The threat today is remarkably different from what we were facing when the Soviet Union existed,” described Scott Rauland, Senior State Department Advisor at the U.S. Helsinki Commission, in his presentation “From Soviet Propaganda to the ‘Firehose of Russian Falsehood” at the monthly CCLP Washington D.C. forum. His lecture focused on…Continue Reading From Soviet Propaganda to the ‘Firehose of Russian Falsehood’: Scott Rauland at the CCLP D.C. Forum

In April, CCLP fellow Irshad Manji convened a workshop at the USC Annenberg School that discussed moral courage, community engagement, and different communication styles. The workshop, attended by about 20 USC students, was structured as an interactive and collaborative follow-up to the event last November sponsored by Visions and Voices and organized by CCLP and…Continue Reading Senior Fellow Irshad Manji Leads Moral Courage Workshop at CCLP

This past February, CCLP Director of Washington Programs Adam Clayton Powell III presented the Center’s Internet of Things (IoT) emergency response initiative at the 2017 National Governors Association (NGA) winter session in Washington, D.C. The presentation, which focused on cyber-security threats, discussed the multidisciplinary IoT program that CCLP announced last year in Washington, D.C. and on…Continue Reading Director of Washington Programs Adam Powell opens Internet of Things partnership with the National Governors Association