CCLP is pleased to announce the addition of Nicholas Goldberg to our extensive roster of Senior Fellows. Goldberg joins CCLP after having spent 20 years as an editor and writer at the Los Angeles Times. He was the editor of the op-ed page and the Sunday Opinion section from 2003 until 2009. He served 11…
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Junior Fellow Owen Foster Writes Article on News Media Ecosystems
Working with Senior Fellow Morley Winograd, Foster conducted novel analysis on a set of Pew Research data to draw conclusions about how social media news ecosystems relate to political ideology in the United States. The article appeared in a series on how younger voters will impact elections, and is also a part of the FixGov…
Shanthi Kalathil to Develop Democracy Program in D.C.
This month CCLP welcomed Shanthi Kalathil to the Center where she will take on the role of Senior Fellow. She is the founder and principal at MDO Advisors, a consultancy that helps organizations prepare for geopolitical risk, become more resilient, and achieve greater impact in a time of strategic and technological competition. Kalathil is also…
Norman Lear Center Director Marty Kaplan Joins CCLP
Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center and the Norman Lear Professor of Entertainment, Media and Society at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, has joined CCLP as a Faculty Fellow. Kaplan was associate dean of the USC Annenberg School and directs the School’s Norman Lear Center, whose mission is to…
CCLP Welcomes David Henderson as new Senior Fellow
David Henderson has joined CCLP as a Senior Fellow. Henderson is a former investigative journalist and Asia bureau chief at CBS News. He covered conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, India, and Pakistan. David later advised executives on better ways to communicate and control crisis situations. He is the author of three books on news in the…
Isaac Blacksin to become CCLP Research Fellow
Isaac Blacksin, a media theorist and an ethnographer of military conflict, has spent time in war-zones from Afghanistan to Ukraine. His writing appears in various scholarly and popular venues, including Media, War & Conflict, Applied Journalism and Media Studies, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, boundary 2, Viewpoint Magazine, Kyoto Journal, and Worlding Asia. Isaac’s first…
Barbara Starr Joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is delighted to welcome renowned journalist, Emmy award winning producer, and former CNN Pentagon correspondent, Barbara Starr as its newest Senior Fellow. Barbara Starr joins us after 21 years on CNN as their Pentagon correspondent. Having reported from hotspots including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, the…
Adam Clayton Powell Featured in Election Safety Report
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 Senior Fellow and Director of the Election Cybersecurity Initiative Adam Clayton Powell was featured in a CSO report on Election security and misinformation threats that loom large ahead of the US midterms. The featured portion of his interview is below: Adam Clayton Powell III, executive director of the Election Cybersecurity Initiative…
CCLP Welcomes David Hume Kennerly as a Senior Fellow
CCLP is honored to welcome David Hume Kennerly to the Center as a Senior Fellow. Kennerly brings a wealth of unique experiences and knowledge to the Center. Kennerly has had a distinguished career as a “political photographer” including coverage of the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia and 11 United States Presidents. Kennerly’s photos have appeared…
Professor Jonathan Aronson Joins CCLP as a Faculty Fellow
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to welcome Jonathan Aronson as its newest faculty fellow. Aronson is a professor at USC Annenberg and the Department of Political Science & International Relations at USC Dornsife. He received his training at Harvard and Stanford before joining USC’s School of International Relations…