Los Angeles station KCET's announcement on Friday that it is canceling all PBS programs is a dramatic, all-stakes-on-the-table gamble. KCET is gambling that, without hefty payments to PBS and substituting a new lineup of independent and international programs for the PBS network feed, it will be a smaller but sustainable public service broadcaster. For its part, PBS is gambling that KCET cannot possibly go through with its plan and will have no alternative but to pay the substantial dues required to keep PBS programs on the station…….Continue Reading PBS: End of the Old Boys Network?
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Filmmaker David Breashears: Climate Change Evident Even on Everest
Few things come as a surprise to experienced climbers, who must constantly be ready for treacherous terrain or life-or-death changes in the weather. But, when mountaineer and Mt. Everest expert David Breashears first compared his high resolution photographs of the Himalayas with the first Everest photographs taken by George Mallory in 1921, he was floored by the surprising differences. "I never expected to see climate change at the roof of the world," Breashears recalled. "These glaciers were immutable, the first explorers thought. We all thought they would be here forever, and now we are seeing glaciers sublimate. They are literally……Continue Reading Filmmaker David Breashears: Climate Change Evident Even on Everest
Advisory board member Nides nominated to become Deputy Secretary of State
President Barack Obama has nominated CCLP Advisory Board member Thomas Nides, Morgan Stanley's chief operating officer, as deputy secretary of state for management and resources. Nides, 49, has been with Morgan Stanley since 2005. His resume includes a background in politics and public relations, including serving as chief of staff for U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman during his vice-presidential campaign in 2000. If confirmed by the Senate, Nides would replace Jacob Lew, who awaits confirmation as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Click here for the White House announcement…….Continue Reading Advisory board member Nides nominated to become Deputy Secretary of State
Glickman on MSN India about the Green Revolution
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman and agriculture scientist, M.S. Swaminathan headed up a team of researchers who released a report on the Green Industry in India, according to MSN India. The report points out that the true extent of poverty is masked by economic growth in the country and that long term food supplies are running low. These findings show that India could be headed towards a devastating famine if the problem is not properly tackled…….Continue Reading Glickman on MSN India about the Green Revolution
Suro in Baltimore Sun on immigration reform
Faculty Fellow Roberto Suro called the shift in the focus of the immigration debate from the federal to state governments "a substantial dynamic" that has been building over the last half-dozen years. The full article can be read on The Baltimore Sun website…….Continue Reading Suro in Baltimore Sun on immigration reform
Hollihan in SacBee on debates
Faculty Fellow Tom Hollihan was quoted in The Sacramento Bee that the gubernatorial debate between candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown "probably the most significant event leading up to the election." Hollihan believes that this debate will be the deciding factor for many of California's uncommitted voters…….Continue Reading Hollihan in SacBee on debates
Reeves on YahooNews with Patronage Op-ed
Richard Reeves, Senior Fellow, published an op-ed on Yahoo! News about financial patronage in Washington, D.C. and the damage that it cause the credibility of the candidates for office. "It is not really politicians running the country and it is not ideologues," says Reeves. "The new bosses are corporate and bipartisan." The full article can be read here…….Continue Reading Reeves on YahooNews with Patronage Op-ed
Stacy Smith in Newsweek
Faculty Fellow Stacy Smith was featured in a Newsweek article about female presence in children's film. Smith, along with her colleague, Marc Choueiti studied 122 family films and found that only 29.7% of the characters were female. Smith's study was commissioned by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which has been compiling data on women in film…….Continue Reading Stacy Smith in Newsweek
CCLP panel explores technology and education with FCC Chairman Genachowski
On Tuesday, September 21, CCLP Director Geoffrey Cowan (pictured, right) led a discussion on the intersection of technology and education in the 21st century. The panel, featuring FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (left), kicked off a half-day event called "Back to School: Learning in a Digital Age," sponsored by USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership (CCLP), Common Sense Media, PBS Kids and The Children's Partnership. Leaders in technology and education discussed the benefits of equipping children and educators digitally – both inside and outside of the classroom. "The need far exceeds the risk," said Genachowski. "When our schools win, our country……Continue Reading CCLP panel explores technology and education with FCC Chairman Genachowski
Laughing at Democracy at the Mall
Marty Kaplan is one smart guy. He is now the director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of entertainment and society at the Annenberg School of the University of Southern California. The rest of his resume is embarrassing to the rest of us: He graduated summa cum laude in molecular biology from Harvard, received a first in English at Cambridge, earned a Ph.D. in modern thought from Stanford and, as a vice president of Disney, wrote a movie for Eddie Murphy. He has this theory about entertainment taking over the news, even the world. At the blackboard, he……Continue Reading Laughing at Democracy at the Mall