On April 17, 2014, 29th White House Press Secretary Jay Carney joined School of Media and Public Affairs 2013-2014 Distinguished Fellow and CBS News' Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett for a conversation about staying on message, collaborating with the press, and keeping your cool in the White House Briefing Room. Students and the public filled the sold out Jack Morton Auditorium for the discussion, participating in a question and answer session and helping the event trend on Twitter with commentary and pictures tagged #GWCarney. Read more.
 

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded an Art Works grant of $60,000 to Nina Gilden Seavey, research professor of history and Media and Public Affairs, and director of the Documentary Center at GW. The grant will support post-production costs for a documentary based on choreographer Liz Lerman's "Healing Wars," combining dance, history, science, and a personal narrative to examine the roles that medicine and religion have in the rehabilitation of soldiers.