"The news we need to keep our freedoms," wrote Senior Fellow Richard Reeves is now a phrase being used to describe the work of NPR. Currently, the publicly funded broadcast entity is facing a decision by the Congress which may remove congressional support for its member stations around the country. Bill Moyers and Michael Winship cited Reeves in an article exploring this defunding on the Huffington Post…….Continue Reading Reeves in HuffPo – NPR
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Reeves in Free Press – Reagan
An article on The Free Press cites the work of Senior Fellow Richard Reeves on the presidency of Ronald Reagan…….Continue Reading Reeves in Free Press – Reagan
Bennis in HuffPo – Matter of Mindset
The Huffington Post cited Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis in an article on unleashing critical thinking in business. "Innovation – any new idea – by definition will not be accepted at first," says Bennis. "It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires courageous patience."……Continue Reading Bennis in HuffPo – Matter of Mindset
The Revenge of God
NEW YORK–It was in the spring of 1966 that Time magazine shocked a lot of readers with a black cover with the white question: "Is God Dead?" The article, much debated, defined a new and more secular world. Wrong! It turned out he was only resting. And not for long. In the 1970s came "La Revanche de Dieu"–"The Revenge of God"–the title of a book by a French political scientist, Gilles Kepel. Kepel, whose work was published in 1991 and translated into English three years later, began by chronicling the events of the 1970s, a decade many of us remember……Continue Reading The Revenge of God
CCLP researchers examine viability of online community news sites; Report profiles challenges facing Long Beach Post
As local print, radio and television news divisions struggle to stay afloat, online community news sites are increasingly filling the gaps left by traditional news outlets. But, do these hyper-local, online startups offer a sustainable business model different from their traditional counterparts? The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP) seeks to answer that question with the publication of a new case study on the challenges facing the Long Beach Post, an online news website launched in 2006. The report, "Online Community News: A Case Study in Long Beach, California — What It Takes to Survive and Thrive"……Continue Reading CCLP researchers examine viability of online community news sites; Report profiles challenges facing Long Beach Post
Journalism entrepreneurship on the hyperlocal level – a case study in community news
“There is a profound crisis taking place in American journalism.” That is the introductory line to the case study being published today by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. My coauthor, María Vázquez, and I hope that this case, which focuses on the real life trials and tribulations of a four year old community news web site in a suburb of Los Angeles, will add to the admittedly parse academic literature on what some people call “hyper-local news”. Existing news magazines and newspapers face serious threats to their continued profitability and viability. The future outlook for local……Continue Reading Journalism entrepreneurship on the hyperlocal level – a case study in community news
There Are No Easy Choices in Libya
LOS ANGELES — Adam Zyglis, the editorial cartoonist of The Buffalo News, did a portrait of President Obama sitting on an oil drum in the classic chin-on-hand pose of Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker." Behind him, war raged in the Middle East and "Freedom" was under a tank and rubble. Zyglis' caption was "The Overthinker." Well, although Obama may be a touch too thoughtful to be a president in the decisive mold of a Harry Truman, he does have a lot to think about. I count at least 11 options in Libya, all of them risky…….Continue Reading There Are No Easy Choices in Libya
Support Democracy: Subscribe to a Newspaper, Says Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan at CCLP Democracy Forum
L to R: Lisa Garcia Bedolla, CCLP Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan, Carolyn De La PenaPhoto Credit: California Council for the Humanities"You want to do something good for democracy?" asked Tom Hollihan, Ph.D., USC Annenberg professor and CCLP faculty fellow. "Subscribe to a newspaper!" he told the audience at the California Council for the Humanities' Searching for Democracy Forum, a symposium co-sponsored by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy. Hollihan's suggestion that a strong democracy requires a vibrant news media was just one of many views on democracy and civic discourse offered by participants at the March 4th……Continue Reading Support Democracy: Subscribe to a Newspaper, Says Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan at CCLP Democracy Forum
Secretary Clinton and the Information War
This article was written by CCLP Faculty Fellow Philip Seib. In testimony to Congress last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the existence of an ongoing "information war" that the United States is losing. In addition to saying that "Al Jazeera is winning," Clinton pointed to the major investments in international broadcasting being made by China and Russia. The Chinese effort is of particular importance. As Secretary Clinton said, "We are in a competition for influence with China; let's put aside the moral, humanitarian, do-good side of what we believe in, and let's just talk straight realpolitik."……Continue Reading Secretary Clinton and the Information War
Leading the Way to Better News: The Role of Leadership in a World Where Most of the “Powers That Be” Became the “Powers That Were”
By Geoffrey Cowan Shorenstein Center Fellow, Fall 2007 University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, University of Southern California February 15, 2008 #D-44 © 2008 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Published by Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Discussion Paper Series Abstract During the past several years, as traditional news operations have faced sharp declines in circulation, advertising, viewership, and audiences, and as they have begun to make a seemingly unrelenting series of cuts in the newsroom budgets, scholars and professionals have been seeking formulas or models designed to reverse……Continue Reading Leading the Way to Better News: The Role of Leadership in a World Where Most of the “Powers That Be” Became the “Powers That Were”