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October 13, 2011
China Should Step Up Public Diplomacy Efforts: Experts
Ernest J. Wilson III, dean of Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California attended a forum on "Public Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization" in Beijing on Wednesday.
Wilson from the US suggested China to advance its public diplomacy to the US.
He suggested short-term actions such as arranging more visits for university and media staff from each country, and long-term actions such as encouraging people to go to the other country and learn about its people.
"Ultimately, I am very optimistic. I have been coming to China for 20 years, and I am just beginning to understand a little bit about your rich history and culture, and I am thirsty to learn much more," said Wilson. Read More »
October 04, 2011
Dean Wilson on NPR’s New Chief Gary Knell
Knell received a strong vote of support from Ernest Wilson, a past chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the not-for-profit organization through which federal dollars flow to NPR and public radio and television stations. Wilson said Knell showed an entrepreneurial bent in his current post as head of Sesame Workshop — the parent company of Sesame Street. The children's show has gone global, and survived a burst of new producers of children's TV who are its competitors.
"Gary Knell brings to this post a proven ability to work effectively and efficiently — and to raise money — which is critically important," Wilson said Monday. "In other words, he's figured out a business model." Read More »
May 05, 2011
USC Dean Ernest Wilson on West Coast Foreign Policy and the Future of Public Diplomacy
On the sidelines of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Ernest Wilson, dean of the innovative Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at USC, speaks to ForeignPolicy.com about the West Coast view of foreign policy, putting civil society at the center of public diplomacy, and how to properly teach and practice the art of communications internationally. Read More »
February 23, 2011
Dean Wilson & Professor Wilson
ReelUrbanNews.com recently spoke exclusively with Dr. Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and his wife, Professor Francille Wilson, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, both of the University of Southern California. “I think it’s a privilege to be here at USC, we’ve both been scholars for a long time and I think it’s something that we both embrace, being in the academy.” Professor Francille Wilson, Ph.D. College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California.
During our exclusive interview with Dean and Professor Wilson we discussed the recent events in the Middle East. “It’s very easy to say that Twitter and blogging caused the revolution in the Middle East, that is the popular discourse and popular narrative. If it weren’t for the Twitter accounts none of this would be happening! I think that is a profoundly ethnocentric and biased view. Technology enables, technology doesn't cause.” Dr. Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California. Read More »
December 01, 2010
Digital media’s prevalence adds extra challenge to strategic PR
PRWeek OP-ED
Executives must reconcile the rapid reconfiguration within the formal communications function. The dividing lines between what we used to call PR, corporate communications, investor relations, advertising, marketing, and customer service are being dissolved and radically rearranged. When a CEO wants to take his or her company into new markets, who should guide the process? How are these responsibilities to be reassigned and evaluated? Read More »
October 18, 2010
What’s The Point Of Journalism School, Anyway?
Indeed, Neon Tommy has broken enough charged stories that Ernest Wilson, the dean of USC's Annenberg School, says he is both weary of taking complaining calls and proud the stories are having such an impact.
Wilson argues that good citizenship and a vibrant press are inextricably linked.
"If you look around the world, whether it's a developed country or a developing country ... if that country has a free and independent press it's much more likely they're going to be a democracy," he says. "And I think those of us in [the] journalism education field have an obligation to help train people to provide information in the public interest." Read More »
June 16, 2010
IABC-L.A.’s Annual Banquet 2010 with Keynote Speaker Ernest J. Wilson III
On June 16, 2010, at IABC-L.A.’s Annual Banquet 2010, the chapter presented “Putting Communications at the Center – A Way to Frame the Future of Media, Public Relations and the World” at the trendy venue of First & Hope Downtown Supper Club.
After cocktails, a Downtown family-style dinner and some lively networking, the chapter welcomed and was challenged by esteemed keynote speaker, Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, to “figure out or fail” in the ever-changing new media environment. Dean Wilson relayed a quote “The new rules environment has created both a blessing and a curse of the nearly unmanageable deluge of information essential to the communications function.” The Dean also encouraged “weird experience and weird stuff” works to our advantage to figure it out (!) Read More »
April 30, 2010
Wilson Presents at FCC - “Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era”
As part of its project on the Future of Media and the Information Needs of Communities, the Federal Communications Commission held a workshop on April 30, 2010 on noncommercial media entitled “Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era." Ernest J.Wilson III, Chair, Corporation for Public Broadcasting presented on a panel "Framing Presentation: A 1967 Moment… A Vision for Public Media" at 9:15 a.m. with Luis Ubiñas, President, Ford Foundation.
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April 30, 2010
FCC Commissioner Copps Remarks at Non-Commercial/Public Media Workshop
Even without adequate support, good things continue and promising new developments seem to be proliferating. I had the chance recently to have a dialogue with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board—and I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Ernie Wilson for his leadership and dedicated service of that august assemblage of leaders. Read More »
April 26, 2010
Emerging Technologies, Global Strategies Panel Discussion
Milken Institute Global Conference 2010 - Shaping the Future
Moderator:
Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California; Chairman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Speakers:
Laurent Gil, President and CEO, Viewdle
Michael Gough, Vice President of Experience Design, Adobe
Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google
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