The Los Angeles Times featured a study by Faculty Fellow Stacy L. Smith. The LAT reported: "The population might be more than 50% female, but actresses nabbed only 29.9% of the 4,379 speaking parts in the 100 top-grossing films of 2007, according to a recently released study by Stacy L. Smith, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism at USC. Only 2.7% of the directors on those films were women, but when they did step behind the camera, the percentage of female characters jumped dramatically, to as high as 44.6%, compared with 29.3% when the director was……Continue Reading Oscar’s cracked glass ceiling
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The Best of times: MPAA’s Dan Glickman prepares to move on
Film Journal featured Senior Fellow Dan Glickman's leadership of the Motion Picture Association of America and his decision to step down as chairman and CEO to head Refugees International. Of his work with the MPAA, he said, "No other industry, on a day-to-day basis, impacts in the same way how people feel about themselves." Looking back, he says of this "very, very spectacular opportunity" to represent Hollywood in Washington, D.C. and around the world: "I am just very glad to have been a part of it."……Continue Reading The Best of times: MPAA’s Dan Glickman prepares to move on
Leadership Qualities for Moving Ahead
Senior Fellow Cinny Kennard spoke at a workshop on "Leadership Qualities for Moving Ahead" in Milan, Italy at the European House-Ambrosetti–a professional consulting group founded in 1965 by Alfredo Ambrosetti. Kennard presented the findings of her work on the Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation. Visit www.awomansnation.com to read Kennard's work on the Shriver Report…….Continue Reading Leadership Qualities for Moving Ahead
Top Secret Talks: The tension between national security and a free press is the focus of a groundbreaking CCLP series in New York
In conjunction with the Off-Broadway debut of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, conversations spotlight journalists, scholars, jurists and public policy leaders With the nation involved in two wars and facing continuing threats of terrorism, USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) presents TOP SECRET TALKS, a timely examination of the tension between the government's need for secrecy and the public's right to know, in conjunction with the New York production of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers…….Continue Reading Top Secret Talks: The tension between national security and a free press is the focus of a groundbreaking CCLP series in New York
Landmark Settlement with African American Farmers is Long Overdue
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman wrote a piece for The Huffington Post on the government's landmark settlement with African-American farmers regarding discriminatory practices by some USDA employees. He wrote: "Even after serving 18 years on the House Agriculture Committee, when I became Agriculture Secretary in 1995, I was scarcely aware of this chapter in the history of USDA. As I faced my confirmation and entered office, I was prepared for the challenges of writing farm policy, the complexity of food assistance programs, and the unnerving difficulties of the historic changes in US forestry policy then unfolding. I never imagined that I……Continue Reading Landmark Settlement with African American Farmers is Long Overdue
Warren Bennis
Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis is the founding chairman of USC's Leadership Institute, distinguished professor of business administration at the USC Marshall School of Business and advisory board chairman of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School. For the past 14 years, he and USC President Steven B. Sample have taught an honors class, "The Art and Adventure of Leadership." One of the world's foremost experts on leadership, Bennis has written 30 books and numerous articles on leadership, change and creative collaboration. His book, Leaders, was designated by the Financial Times as one of the Top 50 Business Books……Continue Reading Warren Bennis
State Department’s Alec Ross visits USC Annenberg to discuss new communication technologies & US foreign policy
CCLP hosted Alec Ross, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation, for a visit to Los Angeles in February 2010 for a series of discussions about the impact of technology – current and potential – on key issues on the U.S. foreign policy and development agenda. CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan and USC Annenberg Dean Ernest J. Wilson III brought together entertainment, media, and academic leaders to explore ways in which their experience and expertise might facilitate the application of mobile, web and other rapidly evolving technologies in areas like human rights, economic development and women's empowerment…….Continue Reading State Department’s Alec Ross visits USC Annenberg to discuss new communication technologies & US foreign policy
Should Government Support Journalism? It Always Has
Everyone knows from American history class that the First Amendment is the great protector of press freedom in the United States, barring Congress from "abridging" the sacred right to publish what you want to publish. So does that means there's a constitutional wall that separates government and the press, just as it separates church and state? Not exactly. Contrary to popular perception, the Constitution has not prevented the government from being a supporter of the press, and in fact it has been a generous benefactor since the founding of the country. In a report issued at USC's Annenberg School for……Continue Reading Should Government Support Journalism? It Always Has
Stay Classy, Rush, Ctd
The Atlantic cited a Ronald Reagan biography written by Senior Fellow Richard Reeves…….Continue Reading Stay Classy, Rush, Ctd
Should Government Support Journalism? It Always Has
AOL News ran an op-ed by Senior Fellow David Westphal on whether government should support journalism. "In a report issued at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, my colleague Geoffrey Cowan and I concluded that federal, state and local governments have contributed billions of dollars a year to the commercial news business," Westphal wrote. "Is there a role for the government in helping ensure that citizens continue to get the news and information they need in American democracy? One popular response is no; government has no place in subsidizing the news business. Our findings disagree: It has always taken……Continue Reading Should Government Support Journalism? It Always Has