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.
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.
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.
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.
SMPA Faculty and staff use the flash studio for live and recorded professional programming.
Longtime political reporter and broadcaster Gwen Ifill of The Newshour with Jim Lehrer addresses students.
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.
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SMPA Fellow and New York Times columnist Bob Herbert delivers his first lecture of the semester in MPA 307 on October 6 at 5pm entitled "The Wholesale Trivialization of News and Opinion." He will explore some of the ways the press has "lowered its standards when it comes to responsible reporting." RSVP to SMPA@GWU.EDU.
Steve and Cokie Roberts look on as WJLA-TV's Alison Starling introduces them at the National Book Festival on Saturday.
Professor Steve Roberts was interviewed by wife Cokie Roberts at the National Book Festival on Saturday on the National Mall in front of hundreds of fans of his latest book, From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the Lives They Made in America.
Introduced by WJLA-TV reporter Alison Starling, he described his book that chronicles the families of 13 people, including two GW students, and how their immigration to America changed their lives.
The National Book Festival is a yearly event sponsored by the Library of Congress where a selection of authors are invited to give talks about their latest works, sign books, and even appear on C-SPAN, which broadcast from the event live all day.
The media and politics have long had a symbiotic relationship, but that relationship is changing as media outlets become more polarized and politicians spread their messages without using traditional media. SMPA Professor Al May participated in a panel discussion on this topic at Marshall University to discuss the topic of "Politics, Political Parties and the Media in the 21st Century” earlier this week.
WVU public broadcasting produced a podcast of the discussion, and you can listen to it here.
Ever wonder what are our alumni up to? SMPA Alumni are hard at work in all aspects of political communication and journalism, here and around the world. All of our alumni will soon receive the next issue of our alumni newsletter, but here is a preview of the "Where are they now?" section:
Prof. Janet Steele (L) interviews alumnus and LA Times Beijing correspondent Megan Stack (R) in Australia this summer.
Author Justin Petrone ('02), who is currently living with his family in Estonia, published his first book My Estonia: Passport Forgery, Meat Jelly Eaters, and Other Stories last year. It became a runaway best seller and was one of Estonia's top selling books of the year.
SMPA professor Steve Roberts is speaking on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at the Reform High Holy Day services held at GW. Students, community members, family and friends are invited to attend. Here is a preview of what Professor Roberts will be speaking about on Thursday.
After Moses fled Egypt he settled in the land of Midian, where he met his wife Zipporah and had a son, Gershom. The boy's name means, "a sojourner there," and when asked to explain the name, Moses said, "I was a stranger in a strange land." That's true for all Americans but especially Jews. My own grandparents fled religious and political persecution in Russia almost 100 years ago. Some of my students here at GW have come more recently, from Ukraine and Vietnam, Jamaica and Pakistan, and their stories have reminded me that the immigrant journey is been re-lived and re-told every day. But America has always been ambivalent about immigration. We glorify our heritage and cherish our own immigrant roots and then, periodically, erupt in spasms of anti-immigrant feeling. We are going through one of those spasms right now, with anti-Hispanic laws passed in Arizona and new mosques attacked from New York to Tennessee. We as Jews have a special obligation to oppose that nativism and welcome newcomers to this country. We are Moses' children. We are all Gershom. We have all been strangers in a strange land.
Be there, this Tuesday!
6:30 p.m. - Pizza with students and faculty in the MPA basement.
7:00 p.m. - Ed Henry, CNN Senior White House Correspondent and SMPA fellow, will discuss new media in JMA.
Several special announcements will be made! See you then!
A Limited Number of SMPA-only student tickets are available for this event!
Join the School of Media and Public Affairs as we celebrate the release of Professor Mark Feldstein's new book “Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture” with featured guest Brit Hume, Fox News Senior Political Analyst.
Come listen to Hume describe the difficult relationship between President Richard Nixon and investigative journalist Jack Anderson, who was the most famous columnist of his day. Their relationship was so strained, members of the Nixon White House reportedly plotted to kill Anderson to stop his investigations!
The event will also celebrate the public release of the Jack Anderson Collection at the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library. Read the rest of this entry »
We asked several former Prime Mover interns why going into D.C. Public Schools with an esteemed Washington journalist to educate the next generation was rewarding. Here's what they told us:
Network and learn: You work side by side with veteran journalists who can help hone your skills and give you tips on careers.
Apply your classes: Experience media from new perspectives that let you see beyond textbook definitions of journalism, while doing hands on projects with students, teachers, and journalist mentors.
See more of the city: become better acquainted with D.C. by travelling and interacting with area students, teachers, and the occasional local celebrity. Plan a field trip to the Library of Congress!
Flexible hours: Choose to work at a school that fits around your class schedule and journalistic interests (like print or broadcast). No teaching experience necessary!
Do something meaningful: It was so gratifying to play a role in educating and inspiring future journalists, and even encourage students to pursue college! This is a truly rare opportunity to change lives.
By interns Andrea Vittorio, Chelsea Radler, and Anastasia Theoharis
To learn more about the Prime Movers Program, visit http://www.gwu.edu/~primemovers/. To find out about internship opportunities available exclusively to SMPA students this semester, email Ms. Saudia Harris at primove2@gwu.edu.
