The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is delighted to welcome lawyer, law professor, legal commentator, and podcast host Harry Litman as its newest Senior Fellow. Harry Litman holds a law degree from the University of California Berkeley and an undergrad degree from Harvard University. As the current legal affairs columnist for…
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Election Cybersecurity Initiative Co-Hosts Conference in Greece
On June 2, the USC Cybersecurity Initiative co-hosted an international conference on cybersecuring democracy in Athens, Greece — home of the world’s first known democracy. Right across from the world’s first Acropolis, the conference centered on cyber security, cyber threats, and democracy by starting with an opening dinner and continuing on with a series of…
Anna Malaika Tubbs joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is thrilled to welcome intersectional scholar and best-selling author Anna Malaika Tubbs as its newest Senior Fellow. Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs holds a Ph.D in Sociology and Masters in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge in addition to a Bachelors in Anthropology from Stanford…
Renewing American Democracy project hosts event with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in conversation with author and journalist Ellis Cose, led students in a conversation on civic engagement, transcending polarization, and the importance of young people’s involvement in addressing the challenges facing democracy today. The virtual forum was presented by Renewing American Democracy, a project of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg…
CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan for Politico: Opinion | Our Secret Weapon Against Putin Isn’t So Secret
An Excerpt: As has been so often stated, the war in Ukraine is, in large measure, an information war — a battle for hearts and minds. Some news outlets have been doing a brilliant job by using their own reporters as well as pictures and videos from social media, carefully vetted for accuracy, to show…
USC Election Cybersecurity Begins 6th Year, Returns to All 50 States
The bipartisan USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative begins its sixth year of operation, returning for a third year to serve all 50 states, made possible by generous support from Google and additional support from the Annenberg Foundation. More than 5,000 election officials, campaign workers and civic leaders have participated in more than 60 workshops presented by USC…
Senior Fellow Ellis Cose Announces the Renewing American Democracy Project
The Renewing American Democracy project, in partnership with the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy and Long Island University, is a nonpartisan, non-ideological initiative dedicated to engaging and elevating the voices of people often left out of the national conversation about one of the most pressing issues of our time. It aims to…
Election Cybersecurity Highlights from September
The USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative’s regional workshops are back in full swing, providing essential tools and information to keep our electoral processes safe from cyber attacks. The initiative will be hosting two workshops per month throughout October and November, which are free and open to the public. With high-profile guests from each state, these regional,…
Senior Fellow Spotlight: Cindi Leive Sparks The Meteor
Although the world of journalism has faced sweeping changes in the last couple decades, Cindi Leive’s career embodies an unwavering cornerstone: advocacy for women. For instance, in her 16 years at Glamour where she served as Editor in Chief, she not only fostered readership growth by the millions, but also boosted the publication’s social impact…
Experts Discuss the End of Trump’s Presidency and the Beginning of Biden
On Wednesday, January 27th, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) joined USC Dornsife’s Center for the Political Future and the USC Gould School of Law to discuss the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency and Joe Biden’s first week in office. As part of the What’s Next series, the conversation between…