When Brian Gillogly set out to make his documentary, Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story, which screens on Aug. 14 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, he thought his greatest challenge would be to convince Kathy Zuckerman – the real woman behind Gidget – to cooperate. That was far from the case. Gillogly actually faced his highest hurdle over copyright issues for the "Gidget" television shows and movies. He couldn't afford the licensing fees to use the footage, and believed his project was doomed. That's when Gillogly solicited advice from USC Law's Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic and its director,……Continue Reading Documentary Gets Green Light Thanks to Jack Lerner & USC Law Clinic
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Technology and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Research Team Travels to Mekong Sub-Region
TIP is the first in a series of projects that CCLP is coordinating with the US State Department on how technology can be utilized in foreign policy and global affairs. The Mekong Sub-Region is an area which comprises Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan China and Burma and has high levels of TIP and modern day slavery. Within the region, the team will focus research on Thailand and Cambodia. The main goal of this trip is to begin the preliminary development and design of a TIP Information Sharing Platform (ISP), a mobile and web-based system to help NGOs, social service providers,……Continue Reading Technology and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Research Team Travels to Mekong Sub-Region
Suro mentioned in PolitiFact.com article about immigration
PolitiFact.com published an article citing Faculty Fellow Roberto Suro regarding Arizona's new immigration law. The article also discusses how immigration laws impact the country on a federal level…….Continue Reading Suro mentioned in PolitiFact.com article about immigration
Schell mentioned in Why America sees red in corporate China
Senior Fellow Orville Schell is cited an The Financial Times. His expertise in US/China relations is called upon in Why America sees red in corporate China. The article can be read in its entirety on the FT website here…….Continue Reading Schell mentioned in Why America sees red in corporate China
Seib mentioned in Arab Media & Society
Phil Seib, Faculty Fellow, was cited in an article on Arab Media & Society entitled Alternate Viewpoints: Counter-hegemony in the Transnational Age. Seib argues that Al Jazeera's success signals "an end to the near monopoly in global news that American and other Western media had long enjoyed"…….Continue Reading Seib mentioned in Arab Media & Society
Richard Reeves in Yahoo Op-Ed on aging
Yahoo! News published an op-ed by Senior Fellow Richard Reeves. In Aging: The Issue of the Century, Reeves discusses how the average lifespan of Americans has increased by over five years in the past decade, and what having an older population to care for means for the country…….Continue Reading Richard Reeves in Yahoo Op-Ed on aging
Glickman in the Hollywood Reporter
Dan Glickman, Senior Fellow, was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter about his former role as the former head of Motion Picture Association of America. He speaks of his previous duties and how the role as MPAA chief has evolved since Glickman first took the office in 2004…….Continue Reading Glickman in the Hollywood Reporter
Reinventing Local News: 2010 details how technology and innovation may save local news
While revenues decline for traditional media organizations despite high demand for news and information, technology and innovation may be saving local news, according to Reinventing Local News: 2010, a report released by the University of Southern California's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. In Reinventing Local News: 2010, Adam Clayton Powell III updates his landmark 2006 book Reinventing Local News: Connecting Communities Through New Technologies…….Continue Reading Reinventing Local News: 2010 details how technology and innovation may save local news
CCLP partners with State Department for Democracy Video Challenge
The Center on Communication Leadership and Policy is proud to announce its partnership in the Democracy Video Challenge, an innovative contest created by the United States Department of State to engage global citizens in a dialogue about democracy. The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism is part of a public-private partnership that includes the Center for International Private Enterprise, the International Republican Institute, the International Youth Foundation, the Motion Picture Association of America, NBC Universal, the National Democratic Institute, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, the Recording Industry Association of America, Taking IT Global, YouTube, and the U.S. State……Continue Reading CCLP partners with State Department for Democracy Video Challenge
Today’s politics lacks key ingredient
These are serious times for our country — from challenges abroad, to our crippled economy, to the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. With events filtered through a partisan midterm election and a heat wave smothering the nation's capital, it seems the first thing to wilt is Washington's sense of humor. Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Jay Leno and the rest of the late-night crowd continue to hold their own. But the ability of elected officials to indulge in a good collective laugh — not to make light of serious situations but to ease tensions — has become a too-rare civility……Continue Reading Today’s politics lacks key ingredient