Maximum Exposure Political Photo Project

Once again, HuffPost's OffTheBus has partnered with USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and the Institute for Photographic Empowerment to support citizens' coverage during the final weeks of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. This time, we’re interested in what the election looks like in your community and want a team of OTB photojournalists to show us how your town is gearing up for November 4th.  We want to see everything, from Sarah Palin "mug" shots to early voting lines wrapped around city blocks to the Presidential nominees trick-or-treating on Halloween. When you sign up to be an official OffTheBus Photojournalist, you will receive official photo assignments from OTB editors.
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Ceasefire! Bridging the Political Divide
The Center on Communication Leadership’s inaugural conference, Ceasefire! brought together leaders from both political parties who have successfully built consensus around some of the nation’s most challenging problems. The conference was described as potentially “the most important gathering of the year." Speakers included California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Arizona Governor and chair of the National Governors Association Janet Napolitano, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr., former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, former California Governor Gray Davis, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, philanthropists Lauren Bon and Sherry Lansing, producer Kevin Wall, political strategist Matthew Dowd, Gov. Schwarzenegger’s chief of staff Susan Kennedy, and journalists Margaret Carlson, Jay Carney, Michael Kinsley, Lawrence O’Donnell, Juan Williams and Judy Woodruff. MORE The discussion continued this year at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

Institute for Photographic Empowerment
A unique university-community partnership between the USC Annenberg School and Venice Arts, the Institute for Photographic Empowerment (IPE) supports the study and practice of participant-produced documentary projects in photography, film and digital media. The first institute of its kind, IPE serves as a growing resource for people around the world – from journalists, politicians and academics to photographers, filmmakers and project participants – to share ideas and learn from one another. The institute already is vital in developing a field that was unimaginable a few short decades ago but which may soon change the nature of media communication by enabling researchers and other audiences to learn about communities directly from photography and video created by the community members themselves. MORE

November 18, 2008

Communication Leadership CEO Series: Ted Turner

The Center on Communication Leadership, in partnership with USC Spectrum, presents a conversation with Ted Turner, the legendary creator of CNN, Turner Broadcasting and a host of other successful media ventures. Turner is also a pioneering philanthropist whose work supports the United Nations Foundation and several other non-profit organizations. Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor and director of the Center on Communication Leadership will lead the conversation with Turner, author of the forthcoming book, Call Me Ted. Tickets available through the USC Ticket Office.
5:00 p.m. USC Bovard Auditorium.

VIDEO: Panel Discussion at the Republican National Convention

Politics & the Media: Bridging the Political Divide in the 2008 Election
USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and POLITICO present a discussion on the role of media in a democracy with top political journalists and strategists at the Republican National Convention. Panelists include Catalina Camia, political editor, USA Today, Nina Easton, Washington Bureau Chief, FORTUNE, Mark McKinnon, former chief  media advisor to Senator McCain and President Bush and Roger Simon, author and chief political columnist, POLITICO. This event was co-sponsored by American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio.

VIDEO: Panel Discussion at the Democratic National Convention

Politics & the Media: Bridging the Political Divide in the 2008 Election
USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and POLITICO present a discussion on the role of media in a democracy with leading political journalists and scholars at the Democratic National Convention. Panelists include Margaret Carlson, columnist, Bloomberg News, Cass Sunstein, author Republic.com 2.0 and advisor to Sen. Barack Obama, Karen Tumulty, TIME magazine national political correspondent and Juan Williams, author, Fox News Channel political analyst and NPR news analyst. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Colorado Denver's School of Public Affairs.