
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.
August 26, 2025
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...

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.
August 26, 2025
Conservative media representatives, political analysts and students and faculty from the George Washington University filled the Jack Morton Auditorium...

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.
August 26, 2025
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.

Fall Interns @ Office of Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO)
August 26, 2025

Press Internship @ House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans
August 26, 2025

Press Interns @ Office of Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
August 26, 2025

Internship @ College Magazine
August 26, 2025

Dr. Imani M. Cheers Promotion
August 26, 2025
This past summer faculty member Dr. Imani M. Cheers was promoted to associate professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA).

GW Poll Finds Bipartisan Concern Over the Spread of Misinformation
August 26, 2025
A new GW Politics Poll shows bipartisan worry about misinformation’s effects on U.S. politics.