SMPA is a pioneering teaching and research leader. Professor Silvio Waisbord is Editor of the International Journal of Press/Politics, an interdisciplinary journal for the analysis and discussion of the role of the press and politics in a globalized world.
Gain access to countless career opportunities
Students at our annual Communications Career Expo network with a CNN recruiter. SMPA helps students pursue rewarding careers in media, journalism, and communications via internships, networking events, and employment workshops.
Collaborate with faculty on research and special projects
Graduate student Rachel Weisel and Professor Kimberly Gross, in partnership with the Project for Excellence in Journalism, studied how the media uses Twitter. Their findings were published in a groundbreaking report that garnered national press coverage.
World-class speakers and events provide invaluable perspective
Students line up outside GW's Lisner Auditorium before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speak at an event hosted by SMPA. The event was broadcast on CNN.
Learn and operate industry-standard broadcasting equipment and software
SMPA Faculty and staff use the flash studio for live and recorded professional programming.
World-class speakers and events provide invaluable perspective
Longtime political reporter and broadcaster Gwen Ifill of The Newshour with Jim Lehrer addresses students.
World-class speakers and events provide invaluable perspective
CNN's Christiane Amanpour and SMPA Director Frank Sesno interview five former U.S. Secretaries of State, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Warren Christopher, Henry A. Kissinger and James A. Baker III. The free event was sponsored by SMPA.
Study media in heart of Washington, and the world
SMPA is home to Prime Movers Media, an organization that sends student interns and media professionals to public high schools in Washington, D.C. to teach journalism.
Screening will highlight films that show America through the eyes of visiting filmmakers
Twenty emerging documentarians are visiting GW this summer.
Over the past six weeks, the GW Documentary Center has hosted 20 participants in the 2010 International Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship. To cap off their experience, the Documentary Center and the School of Media and Public Affairs will host an exhibition of documentary shorts produced by the Fellows as examples of the professional development and production instruction they received during their stay at GW.
July 8, 2010
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The Jack Morton Auditorium 805 21st St., NW, first floor
Free and open to the public
No RSVP Necessary
The Fellows have tackled a variety of topics in these assignments, from homelessness to Vietnam Veterans to Gulf disaster relief, and were encouraged to use the stories around them in the U.S. as lessons to improve their self-expression through film in their home countries. They have descended on GW's campus this summer to enhance their technical skills and work collaboratively to develop their documentary story-telling techniques using the University's resources and state-of-the-art video equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
The author, on left, and two friends take a top prize at the national Gracie Awards in Los Angeles.
Just ten days after I graduated GW, I flew to Los Angeles with fellow students Mark Abramson and Haley Lesavoy to accept a Gracie Award for our piece “Engage, Enlighten, Educate,” which we created for SMPA’s Planet Forward Advanced Online Production class. The Gracie Awards, presented by The Alliance for Women in Media (formerly American Women in Radio and Television) honor programming created for women, by women and about women as well as individuals who have significantly contributed to the media world. Some of this year’s winners included Amy Poehler, Katie Couric, and Andrea Mitchell.
Mark, Haley and I received our award in the Outstanding Soft-News Feature Student Category and I can speak for all three of us when I say that we were honored and overwhelmed to be recognized among such a prestigious group.
The week before we left we got some more exciting news. Dove, the 2010 title sponsor of The Gracies, chose to give us an educational scholarship for our work! This also meant that we got free front-row tickets to The Gracie Awards Gala, which honors the national winners, got the full red carpet experience (press shouting for our attention, flashing lights, interviews…the works!) and had the opportunity to enjoy the night in the presence of women whose work we’ve admired our whole lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Professor Janet Steele wrote her last in a series of letters from Indonesia to share news of the overseas Global Scholars program she took with several SMPA students. The trip concentrated on Media and Education in Southeast Asia. This week, she gives even more detail of the fascinating trip.
Professors Janet Steele and Joel Kuipers with very warm Global Scholars in Indonesia. Photo courtesy of Lauren Hepler.
Below is an English translation of this latest column (called "Letter from America") that she writes each week for an Indonesian newspaper in East Java. Here's the link to the original: http://www.surya.co.id/2010/06/06/sambutan-khas-surabaya.html
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Hi,
After nearly two weeks on the road, our students were tired. On May 20, the 12th day of the trip, we arrived in Surabaya -- our final destination. Our group had already visited a number of places in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Jogjakarta, each of them connected with the theme of our course, “Media and Education in Islamic Southeast Asia.” All of those places were fun, but the welcome in Surabaya was truly extraordinary.
In order to save money, we usually flew on Air Asia or Lion Air. The cheap flights generally left at 6:00 am, so the students had to get up at 3:30 Indonesia time. They grumbled a bit, but I reminded them that Muslims also have to get up really early for Morning Prayer.
Because of bad weather, our plane from Jogjakarta to Surabaya was about an hour late. Fortunately, our friends at Gaya Nusantara (GN) had arranged for a van to meet us at the airport. Because of the morning traffic jam, we didn’t arrive at the Hotel Ibis until close to noon. Read the rest of this entry »
New class for Fall 2010: SMPA 195 -- Multimedia reporting to inform and engage.
Stretch your reporting and production skills as you experience the power of new media to drive a national conversation. Explore issues relating to the future of energy, climate change, technology and science -- and the ways in which they influence the ideas and politics of sustainability.
In this class, students will be challenged to combine quality journalism, advanced production techniques and social media to inform, engage, and innovate. With the Gulf oil spill as a catastrophic but timely backdrop, the reporting focus of the class will revolve around energy and energy efficiency – specifically, how new technologies, policies, initiatives and ideas can contribute to a less dependent planet. Read the rest of this entry »
The 2010 International Emerging Documentarians program is off to a roaring start! For those who have not heard about the program yet, GW is the only university in the country to host a special program funded by the U.S. Department of State that brings emerging documentarians to a U.S. campus to learn how to best express themselves through documentaries. A new video shows their arrival at GW and follows them as they get to know the area. Check it out!
Tonight in Jack Morton Auditorium at 7:00 p.m., SMPA will co-host the third annual David Pike Excellence in Journalism Awards that are awarded to journalists who excel at covering issues related to homelessness. The organization giving out the awards is Street Sense, a street newspaper known in D.C. for the homeless vendors often seen selling copies. SMPA faculty member Mike Freedman was among the judges for this year's awards. Read more in the media advisory!
Prof. Roxanne Russell listens to guest lecturer Tom Bettag
News producer Tom Bettag visited the fifth floor today to speak with our Broadcast Journalism Summer Institute. He described the realities of broadcast journalism for the gathered students by invitation of professor Roxanne Russell and lecturer Jonathan Ebinger, both of whom have worked with Bettag in the past.
Recently, Bettag joined CNN as senior executive producer of "State of the Union with Candy Crowley" and "Reliable Sources." He has also served as executive producer of "CBS Evening News With Dan Rather," of ABC's "Nightline With Ted Koppel" and of "Koppel on Discovery" on the Discovery Channel.
Professor Janet Steele wrote another missive from Indonesia to share news of the overseas Global Scholars program she took with several SMPA students. The trip concentrated on Media and Education in Southeast Asia. She described some of the challenges below in an English translation of one column (called "Letter from America") that she writes for an Indonesian newspaper in East Java. Here's the link to the original: http://www.surya.co.id/2010/05/30/jogjakarta.html
Jogyakarta
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Hi,
Obviously lots of funny things can happen when you take a group of seven students from George Washington University on a study tour of Indonesia. Fortunately, I wasn’t alone; there was also Joel, a friend and colleague from GW.
Before we left the United States, I told Joel that most Indonesians would assume that he and I were married, and that the seven students were our daughters. I was right.
In Washington, DC, our students call us “Professor Kuipers” and “Professor Steele.” In Indonesia, I said that it would be more appropriate if they called us Pak Joel and Ibu Janet. They laughed when they learned that the Indonesian titles for an older man and woman are the same as the words for father and mother. Read the rest of this entry »
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