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MIC Receives $1 Million Grant To Continue Research on Philadelphia News Media

The “Shift the Narrative Coalition” will focus on changing news narratives around policing, trauma, safety, and crime in Philadelphia.

• Media Institutions

Annenberg Presentations at ICA 2022

The International Communication Association will be hosting a hybrid conference this year with the in-person sessions in Paris.

Public Media Can Improve Our ‘Flawed’ Democracy

A new study finds that countries with well-funded public media have healthier democracies. The co-authors explain why investment in U.S. public media is an investment in the future of journalism and democracy alike.

• Culture & Media
• Media Institutions

COMPASS Summer Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications for 2022

Applications for the Consortium on Media Policy Studies Summer Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C. are due January 7, 2022.

• Media Institutions
• Technology & Society

Centola and Pickard Honor Former Penn Faculty with New Chair Names

Centola and Pickard have chosen legendary scholars Elihu Katz and C. Edwin Baker.

• Media Institutions
• Technology & Society

MIC Infographic: Raising the Bar for Journalism

A new infographic entitled “Raising the Bar for Journalism” and released by the Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) makes...

• Global Communication
• Media Institutions
• Political Communication

Jackson Joins MIC Center as Co-Director

Jackson's research on media use by and representation of marginalized publics intersects with and complements the MIC Center's mission.

• Media Institutions

Media Policy Scholar Victor Pickard Promoted to Full Professor

Pickard's work imagines how we might change our media systems to better serve democratic society.

• Media Institutions

Annenberg Presentations at ICA 2020

We've compiled a helpful list of all presentations being given by Annenberg authors.

Democracy Without Journalism? Q&A with Victor Pickard

Pickard argues that the journalism crisis and the spread of misinformation are rooted in our profit-driven media system.

• Media Institutions