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...
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...
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...
'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...
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.
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...
Internship @ Red Blue Together
May 2, 2026
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...
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.