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  • Welcome New Faculty Members

    • The School of Media and Public Affairs is excited about the addition of three new faculty members who will significantly expand the school?s expertise and scholarship in key media and public affairs disciplines, such as investigative journalism, multimedia reporting, and political communication. Cheryl W. Thompson joins us from The Washington Post, where she has distinguished herself [...]

  • Journalism in the Digital Age with Alan Murray

    • The School of Media and Public Affairs recently hosted a presentation titled "Fools Gold? Journalism in the Digital Age" by Pew Research Center President Alan Murray. The presentation provides an interesting overview of the changes taking place in the industry. Murray uses data from the Center's "State of the News Media" report to [...]

  • Documentary Center Film Racks Up Awards

    • Nina Seavey, director of GW's Documentary Center, has recently won numerous awards for one of her productions, "The War at Home." The film provides at once a sweeping, yet intimate, look at the profound changes brought on by World War II, a transformation that ushered America into the modern era. Produced for the National Park [...]

  • No Better Place to Call Home: What It Means to Be SMPA Proud

    • By Sara Snyder PCM '13 The end of last week marked the biggest and one of the final steps in my GW career as a graduating Political Communication major. I hosted my very first documentary preview screening for my film, "Verge of Existence." The piece, funded by the first ever Manheim-Sterling Undergraduate Research Prize, looks into the [...]

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