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
Although it long-seemed like a fantasy, cities and city governments across the country are now starting to reckon with the fact that autonomous vehicles will soon be the next reality. Given that the CEO of ride-sharing company Uber recently announced his plans to have self-driving cars in service by the summer of 2019 and that…Continue Reading CCLP teams up with the Berggruen Institute to host workshop on Technological Rupture
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to support The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Twitter Analysis Project, which will examine whether or not the South Korean government achieved its diplomatic goals for the Winter Olympics. The project will: Analyze how South Korea used soft power to increase its influence and build its…Continue Reading CCLP Supports The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Twitter Analysis Project
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
WASHINGTON — Imagine for a moment that we are in an alternative universe. High-level State Department managers are being nominated and confirmed and are taking part in public events. Most in this town, this country would find that good news. Most in this town, this country would be surprised to learn that we are living…Continue Reading Media blackout of U.S. public diplomacy – and of much diplomatic work