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EFF’S JASON SCHULTZ DISCUSSES INNOVATION, LITIGATION, AND THE GLOBAL INTERNET
SEP 6, 2006 - 10:32PM PDT
Posted by Heather Downie
Via http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/events/events_past

Click here to listen to audio of this event (29mb MP3, 1:13:37)
Click here to download the podcast in iTunes.
Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation (506kb PDF).

Cory Doctorow, the U.S.-Canada Fulbright Chair in Public Diplomacy, welcomed Jason Schultz for a presentation on lessons learned during his career as an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit geared toward protecting digital freedoms.

Schultz, who leads EFF's Patent Busting Project, focused his talk on areas where internet freedoms and the law perpetually butt heads- such as privacy, speech, copyright infringement and patents. He discussed the importance of... FULL TEXT
 
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USC DIPLOMAT-IN-RESIDENCE DISCUSSES U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
SEP 6, 2006 - 5:36PM PDT
Posted by Craig Hayden
Via http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/events/events_past

USC Diplomat-in-Residence Stephen Seche delivered a speech addressing U.S. public diplomacy efforts to the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication on Wednesday, September 5. Seche, the deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. mission in Damascus, offered a unique perspective as a diplomat working with the Middle East. Seche highlighted the challenges facing U.S. public diplomacy efforts, focusing in particular on how the United States needs consider how others in the region work to portray the intentions and motivations of the United States. In the wake of a relative public diplomacy "vacuum," other public opinion studies have revealed... FULL TEXT
 
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FILM YOUR ISSUE 2006 SELECTS WINNERS
JUN 8, 2006 - 2:06PM PDT
Posted by Andy Sternberg
Via http://filmyourissue.com

Los Angeles, CA (June 8, 2006) – Tabulating the results from the most heavily-voted video streaming poll ever on MSNBC.com combined with votes by its illustrious VIP Jury and ThinkTank, FYI - FILM YOUR ISSUE today announced its five winners of the unprecedented national competition for 30-to-60 "issue films" from all U.S. residents 18 to 26 year olds:

Innocence Lost, about child abuse, by Gabriel Veenendaal, 25, from Murray, Utah; Orphans in Africa, about poverty in Africa, by Tim Leaton, 22, from Midlothian, Va; Thumbs Down to Pity, decrying stereotypes of the disabled, by Benjamin Snow, 19, of Woodland Park,... FULL TEXT
 
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QUINCY JONES ON CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN CHINA
MAY 30, 2006 - 4:54PM PDT
Posted by Joshua S Fouts
Via http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/pdfs/Quincy_Speech-5_26.pdf

On October 12 the USC Center on Public Diplomacy is pleased to join Mr. Quincy Jones and Adam Clayton Powell III in celebrating the 50th anniversary of a critical event in U.S. public diplomacy history: Dizzy Gillespie's 1956 State Department-funded world musical tour. The tour was considered a turning point in U.S. cultural outreach to the world. We will host a special event here at USC. Details will be posted on the USC Center on Public Diplomacy events calendar section.

The below speech, which Quincy Jones delivered on May 26 in Beijing, is reprinted with permission of Quincy Jones with... FULL TEXT
 
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FILM YOUR ISSUE
MAR 1, 2006 - 2:29PM PDT
Posted by Andy Sternberg
Via http://filmyourissue.org

Download / View the Complete Press Release (.pdf).

USC Center on Public Diplomacy is proud to present FYI - Film Your Issue, an unprecedented "issue film" competition inviting young Americans to add their voice to the public dialogue on contemporary issues via 30-to-60 second films. The competition, presented in conjunction with partners including Microsoft, MSN Spaces, USA TODAY,mtvU, Entertainment Weekly, The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Pictures, Motorola and Toshiba; national and international organizations like The United Nations and U.N. Millennium Campaign, The Humane Society of the United States, A.S.C.AP., launched January 24, 2006 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Young Americans... FULL TEXT
 
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CENTER RESEARCH ASSOCIATE REZA ASLAN DISCUSSES THE MOHAMMED CARTOON CONTROVERSY ON NPR
FEB 4, 2006 - 6:07PM PDT
Posted by Andy Sternberg
Via http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5188026

USC Center on Public Diplomacy Research Associate Reza Aslan discussed the printing of controversial cartoon images of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad in the European press on February 3 on NPR's All Things Considered

The Iranian-born Aslan, author of the book No god but God, explained to NPR's Robert Siegel:

"...[W]hile there is absolutely this prohibition against the depiction of Mohammad... the real situation here is not simply that there are cartoons of Mohammad but the deliberately offensive and provocative way in which Mohammad was depicted in the cartoons -- that's where I think alot of the rage originated."

Click here to listen to the interview.
 
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US PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING DURING DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, 1990-91
JAN 31, 2006 - 2:08PM PDT
Posted by Nicholas J. Cull
Via http://tbsjournal.com/Cull.html

This Peer-Reviewed article by Nicholas J. Cull, professor of Public Diplomacy and director of the Master’s in Public Diplomacy in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, was originally published in the Spring 2006 TBS Journal.

Abstract
This article reviews the performance of the United States Information Agency (USIA) during the Gulf Crisis and War of 1990-91. It pays particular attention to the role of USIA as a major participant in the Inter Agency Working Group on Public Diplomacy, to Voice of America broadcasting and USIA's counter disinformation work. In its conclusion, the article contrasts the... FULL TEXT

VOTING ISN’T DEMOCRACY
JAN 31, 2006 - 12:16PM PDT
Posted by Eytan Gilboa
Via LA Times Website

January 31 -- The United States is not drawing the right lessons from Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections. President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted that they underestimated Hamas' strength and made it clear that they had hoped for a different outcome. But that's not the critical issue.

Read the original at the Los Angeles Times website here.
 
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PATTIZ RESIGNS FROM BBG
JAN 12, 2006 - 1:00AM PDT
Posted by Andy Sternberg

Norman Pattiz, a radio executive who launched the Arabic-language media outlets Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television, has resigned from the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, The Wall Street Journal reports. Pattiz, founder and Chairman of Westwood One, was appointed by President Clinton in 2000 and served as the Chairman of the Middle East Committee of the BBG.

Pattiz acknowledged his accomplishments with pride in a statement to colleagues:

"It's been nearly four years since the launch of Radio Sawa and two years since the launch of Alhurra television. Since then, these Middle East networks regularly reach over 35 million unduplicated... FULL TEXT

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES EDWARD R. MURROW JOURNALISM FELLOWS PROGRAM
DEC 13, 2005 - 3:26PM PDT
Posted by Andy Sternberg

Secretary Rice's Statement (transcript and video). | Dean Geoffrey Cowan's remarks (.pdf).

Click here to view the official press release (.pdf).

The Edward R. Murrow Journalism Fellows Program — a partnership among the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Aspen Institute, and six American universities — will invite 100 international media professionals to spend time at leading journalism schools in the United States, honing their skills, sharing ideas, and gaining first-hand understanding of American society and democratic institutions. The goal is to not only inform the fellows about the United States, but also to promote journalistic freedom and excellence... FULL TEXT
 
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