Students Reflect on White House Correspondents' Dinner Experience
SMPA sends 16 students to annual dinner celebrating the First Amendment
February 15, 2026
SMPA Panel Examines Role of the Media in 2016 Election
The discussion was led by Meet the Press moderator and former GW student Chuck Todd.
February 15, 2026
SMPA Town Hall Examines Changes in Media, Politics
The discussion was driven by students and included a panel of journalists, political experts and a member of Congress.
February 15, 2026
SMPA Director Receives President's Medal from SUNY-ESF
February 15, 2026
Trump's First Year: The Urban Suburbs
Taking the "Polls" of the Nation
February 15, 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...
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.
February 15, 2026
Back in 1908, when the Army Reserves were formed, doctors were the first recruits.
Putting Classroom Skills into Action at a Global Public Relations Firm
February 15, 2026
Entering its fourth year, the Finn Partners-Widmeyer Communications Scholar program continues to help launch careers by giving SMPA graduate students the...
Senior British Officials Address Russian Relations
February 15, 2026
Noting that 22 nations announced the expulsion of over 100 Russian diplomats said to be intelligence operatives, senior British officials praised the...
SMPA Awards Over $150,000 to Students in 2017–2018
February 15, 2026
The School of Media and Public Affairs hosted the first annual SMPA Celebration Night on Tuesday, April 24, featuring the announcement of over $150,000 in...
Women in Beltway Journalism Struggle to Be Heard on Twitter
A study by GW journalism Professor Nikki Usher quantifies the challenges female D.C. journalists face on social media.
February 15, 2026
Female journalists, and even casual Twitter users, may be unsurprised to learn that their male colleagues dominate political discourse on the platform.