John Sutter: The Inaugural Ted Turner Visiting Professor of Environmental Media


September 27, 2022

John Sutter

John Sutter

SMPA is thrilled to announce that investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker John Sutter is the inaugural Ted Turner Visiting Professor of Environmental Media at the School of Media and Public Affairs. Sutter's body of work on the climate crisis and the environment has been widely recognized and awarded.

To read more about this exciting announcement, please see the GW Today article here.


"I'm incredibly excited by what we're doing, and so grateful to Ted Turner and to all who have supported this important endowment in his name. The [professorship] is a way to honor Ted -- a pioneer in media, conservation and the environment. We will teach future storytellers how to capture compelling narratives about the planet and build on GW's reputation in environmental communication and storytelling.

Frank Sesno
Director of Strategic Initiatives, SMPA