Geneva Overholser, former USC Annenberg Journalism School Director and now a senior fellow at USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, was featured on PBS NewsHour in an interview with anchor Gwen Ifill on the Pulitzer Prize awards for coverage of the NSA's extensive surveillance programs broken by the release of classified documents by Edward Snowden. The Pulitzer board's decision to award the Prize to the The Washington Post and The Guardian has fueled the debate over where journalists should draw the line when reporting on national security and government surveillance. Overholser said in the interview that although the……Continue Reading Geneva Overholser Discusses Pulitzer Prizes, NSA surveillance reporting on PBS NewsHour
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Cell phones used as medical instruments in Africa, Asia; US may change regulatory policy
Cell phones are being used as medical instruments in underdeveloped nations, extending highly cost-effective health care to underserved villages and rural areas. A team led by Daniel Fletcher, a Bioengineering Professor at the University of California at Berkeley has developed inexpensive conversions of cell phones into medical instruments, using clip-on lenses that cost one dollar or less. Fletcher's team has on-the-ground tests in Cameroon screening for parasitic worm infections and in Thailand screening for retinal diseases. "By attaching a simple set of lenses to a Nokia phone borrowed from my sister," wrote Fletcher, "we were able to image blood cells,……Continue Reading Cell phones used as medical instruments in Africa, Asia; US may change regulatory policy
Orville Schell quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek quoted CCLP senior fellow Orville Schell in an article about Chinese President Xi Jinping's anticorruption campaign. "Xi has an acute consciousness that whether it was the Qing dynasty or the Kuomintang, the end of these reigns came with huge servings of corruption," said Schell…….Continue Reading Orville Schell quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek
Todd Purdum Discusses New Book on Civil Rights Act at CCLP
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a ground-breaking law in the United States' history that paved the way towards ending discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex or religion. On Thursday, April 10, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy hosted a reception and book signing with veteran political reporter Todd Purdum, whose new book, An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, details the fascinating story behind the passage of the Civil Rights Act. July 2, 1964:……Continue Reading Todd Purdum Discusses New Book on Civil Rights Act at CCLP
Startups wonder: When will they stop the presses?
"Most U.S. print newspapers will be gone in 5 years." – USC Center for the Digital Future, Dec. 14, 2011 "We'll continue to have a newspaper 7 days a week for many years to come…" – Mark Thompson, CEO, New York Times, March 26, 2014 So how many more years will newspaper presses keep rolling? I know. This is a bit of a fool's errand. It's impossible to know. But it's also an important question – both a marker of the media revolution's course and an imponderable that news startups wrestle with as they imagine their futures. I found myself……Continue Reading Startups wonder: When will they stop the presses?
Schell calls urbanization plan ‘extraordinary’ event
China Daily features senior fellow Orville Schell in an article titled "Schell calls urbanization plan 'extraordinary' event", which quotes Schell from the Urban China Initiative's Urban Leaders Roundtable held on April 7 at the Harvard Faculty Club in Boston…….Continue Reading Schell calls urbanization plan ‘extraordinary’ event
Neal Baer Goes From ‘Under the Dome’ To Out of the Closet
The Wall Street Journal profiles senior fellow Neal Baer and his recent award from the Point Foundation, "the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit."……Continue Reading Neal Baer Goes From ‘Under the Dome’ To Out of the Closet
Lena Dunham and Dr. Neal Baer receive awards from Point Foundation
CNBC announces that senior fellow Neal Baer received the Point Leadership Award from the Point Foundation at the April 7 Point Honors New York gala…….Continue Reading Lena Dunham and Dr. Neal Baer receive awards from Point Foundation
US initiative for 50,000 African leaders detailed at CCLP forum
WASHINGTON – 50,000 young African leaders have responded to a new Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The YALI program was the focus of Monday's CCLP lunch forum here, featuring the people who will be managing the program. Left: Britta Bjornlund, Branch Chief, Study of the U.S. Branch Bureau of Educational and Cultural Program U.S. Department of State. Right: Joyce Warner, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, IREX. 500 of the leaders will be told next week that have been selected to come to Washington this summer, according to Joyce Warner, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff of IREX,……Continue Reading US initiative for 50,000 African leaders detailed at CCLP forum
Dan Glickman’s Article Published in The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post published CCLP senior fellow Dan Glickman's article "The McCutcheon Ruling: Is That All There Is, My Friends?", in which he analyzes the Supreme Court's recent ruling on campaign finance law…….Continue Reading Dan Glickman’s Article Published in The Huffington Post