The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is proud to announce Michael Tubbs has joined the Center as its newest Senior Fellow. Tubbs is the author of The Deeper The Roots: A Story of Hope and Home and currently serves as the executive chairman of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, the founder…Continue Reading Michael Tubbs joins CCLP as a Senior Fellow
The USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative received the 2021 Stanley F. Reed Award for Best Civic Education Resource for its work in the 2020 election. Given by Campaign and Elections magazine, the Reed Awards recognize outstanding work in political campaigning and public affairs. USC’s Google-supported initiative, led by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, hosted nonpartisan workshops in all 50 states training…Continue Reading USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative Wins 2021 Stanley F. Reed Award
On March 3, CCLP-supported research regarding COVID-19 misinformation and the 2020 U.S. presidential election was published in the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. Led by USC Annenberg Professor Emilio Ferrara, the study investigated different COVID-19 misinformation narratives occurring in the context of the 2020 U.S. Democratic primaries, using a subset of over 67 million tweets…Continue Reading COVID-19 misinformation and the 2020 U.S. presidential election
CCLP is currently developing the Digital Inclusion Initiative (DII), a major project centered around the issue of broadband accessibility. Through the initiative, CCLP has begun the process of researching, organizing, and convening university, local, state, and national stakeholders seeking to provide universal high-speed broadband service in the US. On February 26, the Center hosted a…Continue Reading CCLP Launches Digital Inclusion Initiative
As part of the Mid Month Public Diplomacy Forum series, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) welcomed Simon Anholt for a discussion on his new book, The Good Country Equation: How We Can Repair the World in One Generation. The recent publication chronicles Anholt’s career as a policy analyst and advisor,…Continue Reading What Makes a Country “Good” According to the Rest of the World?
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. Hosted by CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan as part of the…Continue Reading Experts Discuss the Final Days of Trump and Biden’s Beginning
For the year’s first Mid-Month Public Diplomacy Forum, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) welcomed Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research at Pew Research Center, to discuss the latest data on global perceptions of newly inaugurated President Joe Biden. Sponsored by CCLP in association with the Public Diplomacy Council and…Continue Reading Richard Wike Discusses New Findings on Global Perceptions of President Joe Biden
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) is pleased to welcome Amanda Bennett and Ellis Cose as its newest Senior Fellows. Amanda Bennett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, investigative journalist and editor and was Director of the Voice of America from March 2016 to April 2020. Through 2013, she was Executive Editor,…Continue Reading Amanda Bennett and Ellis Cose join CCLP as Senior Fellows
On Monday, January 4th, 2021, the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy hosted Tom Kent, former Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty CEO, for a conversation on his new book, Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation. As part of the First Monday Forum series, the event was co-sponsored by…Continue Reading Tom Kent on How the West Can Combat Russian Disinformation
With a heavy heart, we are sad to report the untimely death of our colleague, Tiffany Shackelford, Head of Outreach and Partnerships for the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy’s Election Cybersecurity Initiative and Director of CCLP’s Voter Communications Task Force. Tiffany passed away unexpectedly on December 27th from complications resulting from a positive case of…Continue Reading Remembering Tiffany Shackelford