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CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan for Politico: Opinion | Our Secret Weapon Against Putin Isn’t So Secret

  • Publication date March 28, 2022
  • Categories: Featured, News

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…Continue Reading CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan for Politico: Opinion | Our Secret Weapon Against Putin Isn’t So Secret

USC Election Cybersecurity Begins 6th Year, Returns to All 50 States

  • Publication date February 18, 2022
  • Categories: Featured, News

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…Continue Reading USC Election Cybersecurity Begins 6th Year, Returns to All 50 States

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…Continue Reading Senior Fellow Ellis Cose Announces the Renewing American Democracy Project

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,…Continue Reading Election Cybersecurity Highlights from September

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…Continue Reading Senior Fellow Spotlight: Cindi Leive Sparks The Meteor

Experts Discuss the End of Trump’s Presidency and the Beginning of Biden

  • Publication date September 14, 2021
  • Categories: News

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…Continue Reading Experts Discuss the End of Trump’s Presidency and the Beginning of Biden

Mid-Month Public Diplomacy Monitoring Forum: Chinese Computational Propaganda

  • Publication date August 20, 2021
  • Categories: News

In May 2021, the Oxford Internet Institute published a report on the use of bots and inauthentic activity to amplify the presence of Chinese diplomats on digital platforms.  This Wednesday, CCLP Global Communication Policy Fellow Nick Cull hosted a virtual convening of experts and scholars to discuss the implications of the report and analyze its…Continue Reading Mid-Month Public Diplomacy Monitoring Forum: Chinese Computational Propaganda

Senior Fellow Spotlight: Ellis Cose, Renewing America’s Democratic Potential

  • Publication date August 13, 2021
  • Categories: News

Throughout his long-standing career as an author on subjects including government, politics, law, history, race, class, and gender, CCLP Senior Fellow Ellis Cose has been observing the ways in which America’s democracy is faltering. The eye-opening 2021 attack on the US Capitol proved to be the result of several already-boiling factors, such as the breakdown…Continue Reading Senior Fellow Spotlight: Ellis Cose, Renewing America’s Democratic Potential

What’s Next for Canadian Public Diplomacy?

  • Publication date August 5, 2021
  • Categories: News

Among the global population, Canada’s reputation shines. According to the Nation Brands Index, its people and its government are well admired. In fact, its governmental system is the most admired in terms of international perceptions (whereas the United States ranks 18th). With such glowing reviews, has Canada fully lived up to its public diplomacy goals?…Continue Reading What’s Next for Canadian Public Diplomacy?

USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative featured on Fox 11

USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative (ECI) Executive Director Adam Clayton Powell III joined Marla Tellez and Elex Michaelson on FOX 11 Los Angeles to discuss cybersecurity threats in the wake of the June 17 conference.  The Google-supported initiative will present ten regional nonpartisan workshops training campaigns, election officials, and policymakers to protect local and state elections…Continue Reading USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative featured on Fox 11