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…
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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…
David Corvo Joins CCLP as Senior Fellow
Beginning this month, David Corvo will be joining CCLP as its newest Senior Fellow. CCLP is excited to add Corvo’s perspective and wealth of experience in the news industry to further CCLP’s exploration of the future of news. Corvo is a long-time television journalist who for the last two decades was the Senior Executive Producer of…
CCLP Welcomes Charles Sennott as Senior Fellow
CCLP is delighted to announce the addition of Charles Sennott to its roster of Senior Fellows. Sennott, an award-winning correspondent, best-selling author and editor with 40 years of experience in international, national and local journalism, will bolster CCLP’s growing commitment to exploring new models for local news, especially the role that young journalists can play…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Geoff Cowan Featured in Politico
Last week Politico Magazine featured the story of how CCLP Director Geoff Cowan worked with a group of young activists in the 1960s to dramatically reform the presidential primary delegate selection process. The article – titled “Did a Young Democratic Activist in 1968 Pave the Way for Donald Trump?” – traces the current system of…
Faculty Fellow Marty Kaplan reflects on George Santos
CCLP Faculty Fellow and director of the Norman Lear Center Marty Kaplan appeared in Politico and on MSNBC this past week to reflect on his 1992 film ‘The Distinguished Gentleman,’ where a con-man gets elected to Congress. Naturally his film has drawn comparisons to the now concluded George Santos Saga….