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Taking the Pulse of American Communities

SMPA’s American Communities Project expands to include the culture of health with support provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

May 2, 2026

A $699,600 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will support new research by the American Communities Project to explore the relationship between...

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Making the Headlines in 2017

May 2, 2026

Students and faculty at the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) have a front row seat to history and this year was particularly up close and personal...

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Trump's First Year: The Urban Suburbs

Taking the "Polls" of the Nation

May 2, 2026

At the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the American Communities Project is using 2017 data from Gallup to analyze how different kinds of...

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'Whose Streets?' Screening and Panel with Black Journalists

May 2, 2026

The George Washington University’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists hosted a screening of the documentary “Whose Streets?” which...

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Army Reserve Commander Takes Questions from Journalists

Lieutenant General Charles Luckey, Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General U.S. Army Reserve Command, met journalists and students as the guest of SMPA’s Defense Writers Group.

May 2, 2026

Back in 1908, when the Army Reserves were formed, doctors were the first recruits.

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What it Takes to Meet the Press

May 2, 2026

I had the opportunity to intern at NBC’s “Meet the Press” (MTP) this fall and was given the rare opportunity to continue my internship at MTP for the...

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Award-Winning Documentary by SMPA Alumnus Features DC-area Chefs

May 2, 2026

The award-winning documentary film “New Chefs on the Block” by Political Communication alumnus Dustin Harrison-Atlas, B.A. '04, will open on April 4 in...

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President Trump Shows ‘Aggressive Indifference’ to Russian Threat

James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, also called for social media regulation during a conference on disinformation and digital conflict at GW.

May 2, 2026

When radios started making their way into American living rooms, the government regulated content broadcasted over the airwaves.