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Ernest J. Wilson III is Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication and dean of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Wilson‘s experience at the intersection of communication and public policy spans the private and public sectors. He has served as a consultant to international agencies such as the World Bank and the United Nations, worked in government at the White House National Security Council and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, led research centers and academic departments at premier institutions of higher education, and held positions with media companies and other corporations.

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Re-Inventing Public Media



International Communication



Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century



Journalism



Race and Media



Sustainable Collaborative Innovation



China-Africa Relations



International Information Technology Policy



Re-Imaging the Future of Communication Education



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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Governing Global Electronic Networks
MIT Press, 2008

Innovate Or Die
EDU TECH, 2010

Google, China and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Huffington Post, 2010

A Converging China?
Perspectives: China, Africa, and the African Diaspora, 2009

China and India Confront Similar Challenges in the Media: A Trip Report
July 15, 2009



Just back from 3 weeks in Asia - India and China - and the biggest surprise was the agreement by leading journalism educators, practitioners and media experts in both countries that the current system of educating people for the media just isn't working very well.  Who knew?! They are just like us!

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Progressive Policies at Home and Abroad
Originally posted at TPMCafé's "America Abroad" on February 26, 2007



Congrats to Greg Anrig for engaging an all-too-rare debate in his post on Jeff Faux's new book. But whatever the specific answer may be for health care or pensions, the right question is "What's the relationship between what we do at home and what we do abroad?"

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And the Winner Is…
Originally posted at TPMCafé's "America Abroad" on February 24, 2007



Here I am in LA – no ticket to the Oscars, missed the Hillary and Obama moments – but one thing is clear- we need a new category for cool movies called “Most Global Movie Award” And the winner this year is….

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