• American University School of Communication Alum Michael Kempner, MWW Group CEO, was named PR Executive of the Year at the Seventh Annual American Business Awards.

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    SOC Alum Michael Kempner was named PR Executive of the Year at the Seventh Annual American Business Awards. In January, he spoke to SOC students visiting MWW Group, where he is CEO.

  • Lauren DeAngelis, MA '08, won an Academy Award for her documentary thesis, A Place to Land<br />

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    Lauren DeAngelis, MA '08, won a Student
    Academy Award for her documentary thesis,
    A Place to Land.

  • The AU School of Communication in a "hotbed for new forms of journalism"says MediaShift's Mark Glaser.

    SOC:
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    New Forms of
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  • School of Communication student David Coffey is on his way to Bangkok, Thailand, as the first winner of the American University-Associated Press foreign internship.

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    School of Communication student David Coffey
    is on his way to Bangkok, Thailand,
    as the winner of the first AU-Associated Press
    foreign internship.

  • Dee Dee Myers, Paul Begala, and  George Stepanopoulos joined SOC journalist-in-residence Nick Clooney for a screening and discussion of The War Room as part of the Reel Journalism film series

    Reel Journalism

    Dee Dee Myers, Paul Begala, and George Stepanopoulos joined Nick Clooney for a screening and discussion of The War Room, part of the Reel Journalism film series.

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