Managing director Geoffrey Baum will moderate PRSA-LA's annual "State of the State of PR" panel discussion on January 22 2014, exploring the challenges and opportunities facing LA's public relations professionals…….Continue Reading Managing Director Geoffrey Baum to Moderate “State of the State of PR” at PRSA
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Derek Shearer a Panelist on The Road to Sochi: Sports, Diplomacy and the Media CPD-Journalism Forum
Upcoming Event: Senior Fellow Derek Shearer will be a panelist at an upcoming Spring 2014 CPD-Journalism Forum discussing "the intersection of sports, journalism and international relations, as Russia plays host to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics."……Continue Reading Derek Shearer a Panelist on The Road to Sochi: Sports, Diplomacy and the Media CPD-Journalism Forum
CCLP Brings Together Acclaimed Photojournalists for Next Journalism Forum
USC Annenberg's School of Journalism and the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy present a series of conversations focused on women and leadership in journalism. Hosted by CCLP Director and USC Professor Geoffrey Cowan and moderated by CCLP senior fellow, author and journalist Narda Zacchino, these discussions will explore the opportunities and challenges encountered in digital media, sports journalism, photojournalism and punditry. Our January event features Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times staff photographer Barbara Davidson, award-winning photojournalist and documentary photographer Marissa Roth, indigenous multimedia documentarian Pamela Peters, and award-winning photographer and author Lori Shepler. Annenberg Journalism School Director and……Continue Reading CCLP Brings Together Acclaimed Photojournalists for Next Journalism Forum
Dan Schnur Runs for California Secretary of State
Los Angeles Times: Senior Fellow Dan Schnur is running for California secretary of state, focusing his platform on anti-corruption laws for politicians, stricter campaign disclosures, and banning political fundraising while the legislature is in session…….Continue Reading Dan Schnur Runs for California Secretary of State
Film Review in Variety of “If You Build It”, Produced by Neal Baer
Variety: "If You Build It", a documentary film produced by Senior Fellow Neal Baer, received an excellent review from Geoff Berkshire, who described the film as "well crafted and unexpectedly moving, […] a nuanced portrait of experimental education."……Continue Reading Film Review in Variety of “If You Build It”, Produced by Neal Baer
Dan Glickman on What an Organic Food Label Should Mean
Los Angeles Times: Senior Fellow Dan Glickman writes an op-ed about what an 'organic' food label should mean, making the case for a GMO-free organic label to satisfy the demands of American consumers…….Continue Reading Dan Glickman on What an Organic Food Label Should Mean
CCLP Connects Historians with Journalists at American Historical Association Annual Meeting
CCLP's ongoing collaborative series "Historians, Journalists, and the Challenges of Getting It Right" continued this week with panels presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. The conversations, organized in partnership with USC Annenberg's Norman Lear Center, opened with a session on the topic "The Art & Craft of the Obituary." The discussion, which was covered by C-SPAN, explored collisions and collaborations between the journalists who write obituaries and the historians who study them. (Watch C-SPAN's video of the event.) Moderated by Lear Center director Martin Kaplan, panelists included former New York Times political correspondent Adam Clymer,……Continue Reading CCLP Connects Historians with Journalists at American Historical Association Annual Meeting
Klein Co-Authors New Paper on Entrepreneurial Journalism Education
CCLP executive in residence Jeffrey S. Klein and visiting CCLP researcher María José Vázquez Schaich published a paper in Observatorio Journal titled "Entrepreneurial journalism education: where are we now?" The study investigated how entrepreneurial skills are taught in journalism schools around the globe, exploring trends in the courses' objectives, the challenges faced by lecturers, and how these pioneering courses are integrated into each school's curriculum. Klein and Vázquez have worked together in the past to write a case study examining the viability of online community news sites. After studying how the fundamental changes in the media industry are forcing……Continue Reading Klein Co-Authors New Paper on Entrepreneurial Journalism Education
Laurie Becklund
Senior Fellow Laurie Becklund is an award-winning bilingual Los Angeles journalist, author, integrated media project developer, and CCLP Senior Fellow. She has a 25-year career as a journalist, most of that time as a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. She conducted award-winning team investigations into malfeasance and gross negligence at the Los Angeles County Coroner-Medical Examiner; the toxic poisoning of thousands of Mexican "canal people" whose health mattered less than the tomatoes they picked for U.S. export; prominent LA businessmen who secretly owned slums in the name of their pets; and outrageous sexual harassment by media moguls that……Continue Reading Laurie Becklund
CCLP Researchers in Jakarta Launch Major Study on Media & the Fight Against Trafficking
The Technology & Trafficking research team spent a week in Jakarta, Indonesia, to launch a major study that assesses the potential success and effectiveness of media campaigns to raise awareness and ultimately change behavior towards human trafficking. The project is being conducted with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Institute of International Education (IIE), and MTV EXIT Foundation. The research team is co-led by CCLP research director Mark Latonero, Ph.D. and USC Annenberg Communication professor, CCLP faculty fellow Patricia Riley and Annenberg associate professor Sheila Murphy. Research associates include Communication doctoral student Prawit Thainiyom and Masters of……Continue Reading CCLP Researchers in Jakarta Launch Major Study on Media & the Fight Against Trafficking