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NBC's Lester Holt and colleague Dan Slepian sit in charis on a stage at Penn Carey Law.

NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless

As part of the Quattrone Center’s spring symposium at Penn Carey Law, the news veterans highlighted their work reporting on issues of mass incarceration, wrongful conviction, and criminal justice reform.

Andres Oliveros Gonzalez posing with crossed arms in GSE building with lights reflecting off to the side.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Penn Grad Talks winner Andrés Oliveros González

The Penn Grad Talks 2024 winner discusses the three stories everyone should be able to tell about themselves.

Two public radio stations. Two different business models. One future of public radio in Boston hangs in the balance

Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that there’s a greater need for public broadcasting than ever before, especially as entire sectors of the commercial news media system are crumbling.

After four years with COVID-19, the U.S. is settling into a new approach to respiratory virus season

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the sense of urgency around vaccination has faded as attention on respiratory viruses wanes.

The American flag in front of the U.S. Capitol.

The majority of Americans do not support anti-democratic behavior, even when elected officials do

Despite rampant political polarization, the majority of Democrats and Republicans support democratic values and oppose political violence.

Americans’ confidence in science remains high, finds new review

A survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center suggests that most Americans continue to have confidence in science and scientists.

Media companies cut thousands of jobs so far this year. They're not coming back

Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that the ad-revenue business model for journalism has collapsed and can’t be replaced with paywalls.

he Guardian of Law sculpture is seen at the west entrance of the Supreme Court in Washington.

The Supreme Court arguments on social media laws

Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, academic director at the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition at Penn Carey Law, discusses the pair of cases and the consequential ramifications of a ruling.

Meet Sora: AI-created videos test public trust

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that AI video-creation can manipulate images in ways that make them seem more real than the original artifacts.

Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs

In his dissertation research, joint communication and political science doctoral student Nicholas Dias searches for new ways to gauge voter competency.

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