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SMPA Announces 2018-19 Manheim-Sterling Prize Recipients

May 3, 2026

Grant Sobetski, a junior studying Journalism and Mass Communication, and Jack Nassetta, a junior studying Political Communication, are the 2018-19 ...

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Connections with Citizens and Communities Key to Trust in Journalism

An SMPA panel of experts on politics and journalism discussed how to build connections with the American people and reinforce civil discourse.

May 3, 2026

A new Pew Research Center survey on journalism found that consumers of local news rate the job done by local media higher when they view local journalists as...

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Conservativism in the Age of Trump

A panel of conservative journalists and a media critic debated conservative media coverage of the Trump administration at SMPA.

May 3, 2026

Conservative media representatives, political analysts and students and faculty from the George Washington University filled the Jack Morton Auditorium...

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WHCA Scholarship Awardee Gets Moment in the Spotlight

Matthew Ley has received the White House Correspondents’ Association scholarship for all four of his years at GW.

May 3, 2026

Matthew Ley has been anticipating this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner for years, and not for the chance of a celebrity encounter.