Media Highlights

Los Angeles Times
Column: There may be enough Newsom opposition to get a recall on the ballot. But not enough to boot him from office.
February 4, 2021

The Los Angeles Times quoted Dan Schnur on the potential recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom. “If there is a recall election, it’s going to be a referendum on how Newsom has handled the pandemic,” he said.

Yahoo
Elon Musk, a new Wall Street oracle?
February 2, 2021

Christopher Smith was quoted in Yahoo Finance about Elon Musk being able to move markets with just a few words, saying Musk has been “very intentional about creating kind of an outlaw, outsider persona. And that resonates with the tech bro culture.”
 

CalMatters
Despite months to prep, why California lags on COVID vaccination
February 2, 2021

CalMatters quoted Dan Schnur on how the COVID-19 vaccine rollout failure in California reflects on Gov. Gavin Newsom.

KPCC-FM’s 'Take Two'
State of Affairs, navigating the second dose of the vaccine, tuning out the noise with music
January 29, 2021

KPCC-FM's Take Two interviewed Christina Bellantoni on the latest in state and national politics, including the efforts to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom. She was also quoted in LAist.

Los Angeles Times
I read books from across the U.S. to understand our divided nation. Here’s what I learned.
January 26, 2021

The Los Angeles Times featured an op-ed by Heather John Fogarty on the end of her efforts to read one book from each state in the United States. "What emerged as a theme in this final installment of books from Oregon to Wyoming is the gross inequities and injustices many Americans endure based on race and class and an overwhelming sense of powerlessness," she wrote.

The Atlantic
What Hank Aaron told me
January 25, 2021

In an article for The Atlantic, Sandy Tolan reminisced about his conversations with Hank Aaron while working on the book Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later.

Inside Higher Ed
A threat to private colleges?
January 25, 2021

Inside Higher Ed quoted Morley Winograd, senior fellow at the Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, on President Biden's proposal to make public colleges free.

KCRW-FM's 'Greater L.A.'
From crime to COVID, 110 newsletters aim to cover every corner of L.A.
January 25, 2021

KCRW-FM's Greater L.A. interviewed Gabriel Kahn about Crosstown, a joint initiative between USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi, and its new project to provide hyperlocal news for areas of Los Angeles that have lost their community newspapers.

KPCC-FM’s 'Take Two'
The politics of Newsom lifting statewide stay-at-home orders, outdoor dining resumes in L.A. County, media literacy in 2021
January 25, 2021

KPCC-FM's Take Two interviewed Alison Trope on efforts to improve media literacy. "There's a new kind of onus put on us as individuals in this kind of media-literacy landscape," she said. "It shouldn't be something that's only on us."

Los Angeles Times
Inviting new people to make stories. How this VP is pushing Netflix to diversify.
January 22, 2021

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Netflix VP Vernā Myers referenced the work of Stacy Smith of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the need for Hollywood to hire directors of color.

CNN
QAnon believers are in disarray after Biden is inaugurated
January 21, 2021

CNN interviewed Marc Ambinder about the future of QAnon and its believers now that Donald Trump has left office without following through on their conspiracy theories.

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