Austin Ramsey enrolled in the Journalism and Public Affairs graduate program partly to build the credentials needed to be a reporter who's called on to cover historic moments of national importance, like impeachment.
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Chris Donovan SPA-SOC/BA '97 is now an executive editorial producer working with George Stephanopoulos and other network anchors and correspondents.
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This November, SOC held the panel “How to Write About Race,” featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and SOC adjunct professor, Leonard Pitts, Jr.; WAMU 88.5 reporter, Sasha-Ann Simons; and NPR Writer and Editor, Malaka Gharib.
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American University welcomed Dr. Charlton Mcllwain, NYU Professor, on Nov. 14 to discuss his latest book “Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter.”
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The Community Voice Lab’s new partnership aims to connect AU’s film community with the Street Sense filmmaker’s co-op.
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Meet the talented fellows of the Community Voice Lab.
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The Neel Foundation scholarship seeks to support documentary film students while they create works for film festivals. Here is what some of this year's recipients have been up to.
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Amelia Tyson is a documentarian who aims to infuse the heart and a message of stewardship in the films she creates. Tyson focuses on environmental stories, hoping to both educate viewers to genuinely care for the earth.
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What if your family was separated by a simple piece of paper? MFA film student Eman Alghamdi tells the story of Remi, a Syrian refugee who hasn’t seen his family in three years. The film, “A Piece of Paper,” screened Nov. 10 at Suns Cinema.
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