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 »
USC Dean Ernest Wilson on West Coast Foreign Policy and the Future of Public Diplomacy
May 5, 2011 by
The next Silicon Valley, USC’s Annenberg?
April 15, 2011 by
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Ernest Wilson smiles when he assesses his job as the dean of the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.
Wilson, for his part, can take pride in knowing he is making progress with his journalism, communications and public relations agenda. He supervises one of the nation’s most complex and ambitious media-education programs. Read More »
Dean Wilson & Professor Wilson
February 23, 2011 by
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 »
Digital media’s prevalence adds extra challenge to strategic PR
December 1, 2010 by
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 »
What’s The Point Of Journalism School, Anyway?
October 18, 2010 by
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 »
IABC-L.A.’s Annual Banquet 2010 with Keynote Speaker Ernest J. Wilson III
June 16, 2010 by
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 »
Wilson Presents at FCC - “Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era”
April 30, 2010 by
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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FCC Commissioner Copps Remarks at Non-Commercial/Public Media Workshop
April 30, 2010 by
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 »
Emerging Technologies, Global Strategies Panel Discussion
April 26, 2010 by
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
FCC Announces Agenda of Second Future of Media Workshop
April 23, 2010 by
As part of its project on the Future of Media and the Information Needs of Communities, the Federal Communications Commission will hold a workshop on April 30, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., on noncommercial media entitled “Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era.” Ernest J.Wilson III, Chair, Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be a panelist on “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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