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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

The Center on Communication Leadership & Policy welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Markoff as a new senior fellow. During his 28 year career at the New York Times, Markoff was widely regarded as one of the nation’s best technology reporters. He retired from the Times last December and now serves as a journalist in residence…Continue Reading Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist John Markoff Joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow

Renowned political journalist and author Todd S. Purdum will become a senior fellow of the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan announced today. Purdum is a senior writer at POLITICO and a contributing editor at Vanity…Continue Reading POLITICO Senior Writer Todd S. Purdum named CCLP Senior Fellow

On March 7, CCLP brought together over 200 students, staff, and faculty in a captivating conversation about journalism, politics, and civic engagement. That night, in the lobby of USC’s Wallis Annenberg Hall, CCLP, in collaboration with the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, brought together a number of media heavyweights from across the ideological spectrum…Continue Reading CCLP’s “Trump and the Press” Event Talks Fake News, Alternative Media, and Presidential Tweets

Last week, with support from CCLP and Professor Geoffrey Cowan, a team of USC Annenberg students went to our nation’s capital for the inauguration of the 45th President and the Women’s March. The group of six students, led by professor Robert Hernandez, partnered with The New York Times Daily 360 team to produce 360 video…Continue Reading Annenberg and CCLP Students Cover 360 Degrees of Trump’s Inauguration

CCLP visiting fellow Vasily Gatov was quoted in a New Yorker article about the overstated reach of Russian propaganda and its influence on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In “The propaganda about Russian propaganda,” journalist Adrian Chen describes the work of anonymous internet research collective PropOrNot, which claims to have identified 200 “Russian propaganda outlets”…Continue Reading Visiting fellow Vasily Gatov offers input on Russian propaganda

WASHINGTON — Chinese media coverage of the U.S. election campaign was dominated by Donald Trump, according to two American journalists who have spent years in Asia. Michael Ottey, a Beijing-based editor and writer at China Daily, said his Chinese colleagues argued every day for more coverage for Trump, and his role was to try to…Continue Reading The view from Beijing: In China, Trump dominated reporting of the U.S. political campaign

WASHINGTON — “One of our goals sounds absurdly simple: increase knowledge of Asia among U.S. leaders.” That was how Michael Gilligan described the mission of the foundation he leads, the Henry Luce Foundation, adding, “Asia matters to all of us.” One of the foundation’s best known programs, the Luce Scholars, has sent more than 700…Continue Reading Luce Foundation President at CCLP forum: ‘Asia matters to all of us’