Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Professor Geoffrey Cowan hosted a discussion with New York Times journalist Adam Nagourney and Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning author and director David Auburn at the West Coast premiere of his new play The Columnist. The Columnist tells the story of journalist Joseph Alsop, who for more than 30 years worked in Washington, D.C. and passionately supported an escalation of the war in Vietnam. Alsop was a friend of politicians in a way that few journalists or columnists are today. But to his foes, Alsop was relentless, calling all those who did not support……Continue Reading The Columnist revisits life of journalist Joseph Alsop
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Geneva Overholser Named CCLP Senior Fellow
Geneva Overholser, former professor and director of USC Annenberg's School of Journalism, has been appointed a Senior Fellow of the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP). Overholser joins a distinguished group of CCLP senior fellows that include journalists and media executives such as Cinny Kennard, Adam Clayton Powell III and Narda Zacchino, authors and policymakers such as Dan Glickman, Richard Reeves and Morley Winograd and pioneering leadership scholar Warren Bennis, among others…….Continue Reading Geneva Overholser Named CCLP Senior Fellow
Reeves Edits New Book on Kennedy Era
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the New York Times has authorized a new book, The Kennedy Years: From the Pages of the New York Times, edited by CCLP Senior Fellow, Richard Reeves. The book draws on the paper's extensive coverage of the Kennedy presidency. Reeves, the author of the bestselling Portraits of Camelot and President Kennedy: Profile of Power, edited this collection of the New York Times' "unsurpassed coverage of the tumultuous Kennedy era which spanned the Civil Rights Movement, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the space program,……Continue Reading Reeves Edits New Book on Kennedy Era
Viewpoints: Why California’s recall election mattered
Huffington Post: Senior Fellow Dan Schnur focuses on Schwarzenegger's government reforms that provided more bi-partisan efforts through new primary rules, new redistricting, and broader disclosure of campaign contributions…….Continue Reading Viewpoints: Why California’s recall election mattered
Israeli, Turkish diplomats featured at CCLP Washington lunch
Arnold Zeitlin, a visiting professor at Hong Kong University's Journalism and Media Studies Centre, discusses the "small-world" coincidences of life as experienced during one of CCLP's "First Monday" Washington D.C. lunches. A small pleasure of living close to Washington, D.C., is the opportunity to sample the smorgasbord of public affairs conversations staged almost daily by the numerous think tanks and lobby groups in the capital. They provide a continuing education program allowing me to keep fresh the knowledge I've accrued in a career of seeking information. They also provide a social function, since many of these conversations involve friends……Continue Reading Israeli, Turkish diplomats featured at CCLP Washington lunch
Governing by Crisis Is No Way To Lead
Huffington Post: There is an urge for change by Senior Fellow Dan Glickman for a more open government as a shutdown of the American federal government begins…….Continue Reading Governing by Crisis Is No Way To Lead
CCLP Researcher Highlights the Importance of Educational Exchange
Meet Lauren Allison: a Fulbright Scholar, International Peace Scholar and graduate researcher assisting Director of Research Mark Latonero at Annenberg's CCLP. It has been 6 years since my Washington Ireland Program (WIP) journey began. I was standing on a hockey pitch in freezing Scotland, clambering into my not-so-flattering goalkeeper gear, when Kate Hardie-Buckley (WIP '07) came running up to me and declared that I had 'W.I.P.' written across my forehead. I had just arrived at St. Andrews to study for an undergraduate M.A. in International Relations and was trying out for the school team. Kate soon took me under……Continue Reading CCLP Researcher Highlights the Importance of Educational Exchange
A Genuine Public Debate on Military Action in Syria
Huffington Post: Senior Fellow Dan Glickman writes about Obama's bold move to address Congress to authorize the acceptance of military action towards Syria…….Continue Reading A Genuine Public Debate on Military Action in Syria
The Legislature’s playing field
Los Angeles Times: Senior Fellow Dan Schnur's efforts in banning legislative fundraising while state legislature is in session are mentioned in this article about campaign contributions…….Continue Reading The Legislature’s playing field
The American Dilemma: Slavery To Race To Class
truthdig: Senior Fellow Richard Reeves writes on America's constant struggle to intermingle all citizens due to differences and its hope for a more inclusive nation…….Continue Reading The American Dilemma: Slavery To Race To Class