MEDIA ADVISORY: Live Viewing of 9/16 GOP Debate
Contact: Andrew Good at (213) 740-8606 or gooda@usc.edu or Gretchen McCartney at (213) 740-6302 or gretchep@asc.usc.edu.
A live viewing of the second GOP debate will be held on USC’s campus this Wednesday following panel discussions on the ongoing presidential election.
Cokie Roberts, Robert Shrum and other political commentators will be discussing the election. USC faculty and students will be on hand during the debate viewing, which will be watched on a 30-foot tall media wall.
The panels are being organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC Unruh Institute of Politics.
September 16, 2015
12 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
WHAT: A keynote luncheon discussing the presidential campaign and the media.
WHO:
- Cokie Roberts, journalist and political commentator
- Willow Bay director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, moderator
WHERE: USC Annenberg School (ASC), West Lobby. Lunch provided. Please RSVP here.
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHAT: A panel discussion on the presidential campaign and the media.
WHO:
- Bob Shrum, Democratic strategist, Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics and Professor of the Practice of Political Science at USC
- Geoffrey Cowan, head of the USC Annenberg School’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, moderator
- James Barnes, U.S. Politics and Advocacy, Facebook
- Matt Rodriguez, CEO of Rodriguez Strategies
WHERE: Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN), Annenberg Forum. Please RSVP here.
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHAT: Live viewing of the GOP debate, followed by a panel discussion at 6:30 p.m.
WHO:
- Dan Schnur, director of the USC Unruh Institute of Politics
- Tony Strickland, former state assemblyman, California, 1998-2004
- Dario Frommer, former state assemblyman, California, 2002-2006
- Anshu Siripurapu, news editor, Daily Trojan
- Paul Samaha, USC political science major
WHERE: Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN), Annenberg Forum. Please RSVP at gooda@usc.edu.
