Putting Classroom Skills into Action at a Global Public Relations Firm
February 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2026
Female journalists, and even casual Twitter users, may be unsurprised to learn that their male colleagues dominate political discourse on the platform.
Chuck Todd Urges Journalists to Fight Back
The “Meet the Press” host talked at GW about the Supreme Court nominee, the U.S. deputy attorney general and campaigns to discredit mainstream media.
February 7, 2026
Have a discussion on media, and the news is sure to intervene.
Building a New Start at SMPA
From political asylum, Nasser Diallo arrived in the U.S. speaking only French. He graduated from SMPA in 2018 and is now enrolled at Oxford.
February 7, 2026
On a Saturday afternoon last May, Nasser Diallo, B.A. ’18, walked across the stage at the Charles E. Smith Center, like thousands of other GW graduates.
Professor Hindman Wins Prestigious Harvard Book Prize
February 7, 2026
Professor Matthew Hindman will receive the 2019 Harvard Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Book Prize for “The Internet Trap.”
Beyoncé’s Nutritionist, Recycling CEO Discuss Sustainability Storytelling
Planet Forward Summit speakers share how to use storytelling to persuade an audience to rethink waste and eat plant-based.
February 7, 2026
Marco Borges, the man behind Beyoncé’s plant-based eating challenge, knew that the interactive tool he created to quantify the environmental impact of...
A Dream Come True: Learning in Paris
February 7, 2026
When I was in high school one of the opportunities that drew me to GWU’s SMPA was the course “Globalization and the Media,” SMPA 3195 taught by Professor Lee...