Recent News
September 21, 2009
New CPB Chair Sees Watershed for Public Media
"Maybe we’re at a 1967 moment again,” says Ernest Wilson III, shortly after his election as chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on Sept. 16 [2009]. He’s making a hopeful comparison with the year when a Carnegie Commission report slid into President Johnson’s in-box in January and returned for his signature as the Public Broadcasting Act in November... Read More »
September 17, 2009
Q&A With CPB’s Ernest Wilson III
The newly elected chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting talks with B&C’s John Eggerton about transforming noncommercial broadcasting into multiplatform, locally-focused public-service media.
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September 16, 2009
Dr. Ernest Wilson III Elected Chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Washington, DC -- The board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today elected Dr. Ernest Wilson III to serve as its chairman.
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August 27, 2009
Where are J-Schools in Great Debate over Journalism’s Future?
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III writes an Aug. 27 Poynter article stating that journalism schools and professors need to be involved in the debate over the future of news.
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February 19, 2009
Dean Wilson named ICOMM’s 2009 Distinguished Scholar
The International Communication section of the International Studies Association named Dean Ernest J. Wilson III its 2009 Distinguished Scholar at the Association's annual meeting in New York on Feb. 15.
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January 26, 2009
Rebooting America’s image in the world
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III led a roundtable discussion on his recent experiences as a member of the Presidential Transition Team for the Obama administration at a Jan. 22 event at USC Annenberg.
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January 20, 2009
Dean Wilson talks inauguration for LA Times panel
The Los Angeles Times invited Dean Ernest J. Wilson III to be one of nine local leaders to participate in a panel about the significance of President Barack Obama's inauguration, which Dean Wilson said marks the start of an important change for the United States.
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January 06, 2009
Dean Wilson concludes work on Obama’s transition team
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III recently returned to Southern California after serving as part of the team advising President-elect Barack Obama.
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December 02, 2008
Dean Wilson appointed to presidential transition team
Ernest J. Wilson III , Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication and dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, has been appointed to the team advising President-Elect Barack Obama as he continues to assemble his administration.
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October 21, 2008
“Black on Black” screening and discussion held by Dean Wilson and producer Saltzman
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III and journalism professor Joe Saltzman lead a discussion and host a screening of the landmark and award-winning 1968 documentary Black on Black, produced by Saltzman, on Oct. 27.
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