SMPA Headlines

Six SMPA Students Honored as 2018 Planet Forward Storyfest Finalists
April 3, 2018
Six School of Media and Public Affairs students have been selected as 2018 Planet Forward Storyfest finalists.

Senior British Officials Address Russian Relations
March 29, 2018
Noting that 22 nations announced the expulsion of over 100 Russian diplomats said to be intelligence operatives, senior British officials praised the...

For Trump and the GOP: Warning Signs in the Middle Suburbs
March 28, 2018
Donald Trump’s road to the White House was complicated, but it went directly through the Middle Suburbs, a collection of blue-collar suburban counties...

Summer Training Internship in Video Production @ Docs In Progress
March 24, 2018
Summer Training Internship in Video Production @ Docs In Progress

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...