Award-Winning Documentary by SMPA Alumnus Features DC-area Chefs
February 15, 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...
Cambridge Analytica and SCL — How I Peered Inside the Propaganda Machine
February 15, 2026
British electoral consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica and its parent company, SCL Group, continue to be dogged by a series of allegations, weeks after a...
Two Days as a ‘Colbert Report’ Intern
Four SMPA students went behind-the-scenes with Stephen Colbert at Monday’s taping.
February 15, 2026
Class Assignment: Work with The New York Times
February 15, 2026
When I enrolled in the Audience Development course taught by Professor Ari Bevacqua, I never imagined that I would spend the semester working with The New...
Professor Thompson to Join NPR Investigations Team
February 15, 2026
School of Media and Public Affairs Associate Professor Cheryl W. Thompson will join the NPR Investigations Team as a correspondent in January 2019, the...
Voters Steady Heading into Election Day Despite Months of Political Tumult
A new GW Politics Poll found voters heavily engaged in midterms but not shifting views ahead of voting on Tuesday.
February 15, 2026
A variety of high-visibility and sometimes controversial national political issues over the past few months have yielded little change in voters’ views of...
On President Trump’s Approval Rating, the Gap Widens Between Rural Base and Everywhere Else
February 15, 2026
In national polls, President Trump’s approval rating hardly budged in 2018, but through the eyes of the American Communities Project, two different stories...
A Trailblazing Black Journalist
Dorothy Butler Gilliam discussed her book, “Trailblazer,” and her career as the first black female reporter at The Washington Post.
February 15, 2026
One of the first stories that Dorothy Butler Gilliam covered as a journalist just out of college was the integration of schools in Little Rock, Ark., as...
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.
February 15, 2026
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.
SMPA Mourns the Loss of Cokie Roberts, Wife of Professor Steven Roberts
February 15, 2026
Faculty, staff and students at the School of Media and Public Affairs are mourning the loss of Professor Steven Roberts' beloved wife of 53 years, Cokie Roberts