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GW and WVU Partner to Burst Media Bubble
The GW School of Media and Public Affairs and West Virginia University Reed College of Media Launch Student Reporting Project on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
March 23, 2018
In a unique effort to burst long-standing “media bubbles,” students and faculty from the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs and...

Award-Winning Documentary by SMPA Alumnus Features DC-area Chefs
March 22, 2018
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...

Communications/Digital Media Fellowship @ Rep. Jared Huffman
March 21, 2018



National Council Member Named President of Five Blocks
March 6, 2018
Veteran communication and reputation strategist and SMPA Media and Public Affairs Council member Howard Opinsky, BA '91, has been named the president of Five...

Putting Classroom Skills into Action at a Global Public Relations Firm
March 1, 2018
Entering its fourth year, the Finn Partners-Widmeyer Communications Scholar program continues to help launch careers by giving SMPA graduate students the...

Bringing Journalists and National Security Officials Face-to-Face
February 27, 2018
At a time when disinformation is a growing threat, SMPA's Project for Media and National Security is bringing decision-makers and the media face-to-face to...

Internship @ Red Blue Together
February 21, 2018

Internships @ The Chautauquan Daily
February 21, 2018

Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Discusses Greatest Threats
Gen. Selva Discussed North Korea, ISIS and the National Defense Strategy with Reporters on the Morning of the State of the Union
February 15, 2018
It is not every day that a group of journalists can participate in an hour-long conversation with the nation’s second highest-ranking military officer.