Publications/Presentations

Bridging the Political Divide in the 2008 Presidential Election
By Richard Reeves
Research Series
USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership
University of Southern California
August 26, 2008

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
Discussion Paper Series
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
February 15, 2008

"Moving from Monologue to Dialogue to Collaboration: The Three Layers of Public Diplomacy"
By: Geoffrey Cowan and Amelia Arsenault
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Vol. 616, No. 1, 10-30 (2008)
Public Diplomacy in a Changing World
Special Editors: Geoffrey Cowan and Nicholas J. Cull
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‘Surge,’ Meet ‘Escalation’
The fight for clarity in language: a case study
By: Geoffrey Cowan
Columbia Journalism Review
November/December 2007

Presentations

VIDEO: Panel Discussion at the Republican National Convention on September 2, 2008

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 in Saint Paul, MN. The discussion will be led by Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership and Jim VandeHei, executive editor, POLITICO. 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 is co-sponsored by American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio. Minnesota Public Radio UBS Forum, 480 Cedar Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101

VIDEO: Panel Discussion at the Democratic National Convention on August 26, 2008

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 in Denver. The discussion will be led by Geoffrey Cowan, University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership and John Harris, editor-in-chief, POLITICO. 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. Denver Art Museum Sharp Auditorium, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204.